Five Weapons They Use to Steal Your Vote

Every time you cast a vote, a machine is working to waste it. This machine has five parts. Politicians built it. Parties perfected it. And it runs on your fear, your hunger, and your forgetfulness.

The Forgetting Engine wants you to forget. It wants you to forget that insecurity was not this bad five years ago. It wants you to forget that your governor promised to fix the roads, fix the schools, fix the police. It wants you to forget the names of the governors who stole security votes and went to prison. Jolly Nyame of Taraba spent 12 years in jail. Joshua Dariye of Plateau was also convicted. But the system they robbed still runs the same way. The Forgetting Engine says: "This is Nigeria. Nothing can change." It is a lie. Things can change. But only if you remember.

The Division Device splits you from your neighbour. It tells the Hausa man that the Igbo man is his problem. It tells the Christian that the Muslim is his enemy. It keeps you fighting each other while bandits take your children. It keeps you arguing on Facebook while governors stuff security votes into Ghana Must Go bags. Your real enemy is not your neighbour. Your real enemy is the man who collects N200 million monthly for "security" while your village has no police station.

The Uselessness Illusion tells you that voting is useless. That all politicians are the same. That nothing ever changes. But look at Lagos. Lagos reduced crime through a Security Trust Fund that publishes its accounts every year. Look at Rwanda. Rwanda rebuilt trust through community policing after the worst genocide in modern African history. Change is possible. The Uselessness Illusion is just a trick to keep you home on election day. If you stay home, they win.

The Power Hider hides what happens after you vote. It hides the security votes. It hides the border budgets. It hides where the 100,000 police officers who should protect you actually work — guarding VIPs in air-conditioned cars while your children walk to school through bush paths. The Power Hider says "national security" every time you ask a question. But your child's safety is not a state secret. It is your right. And you have the power to demand answers.

The Hunger Engine keeps you too desperate to demand accountability. When bandits steal your harvest, you cannot think about voting. When you pay N2.5 million ransom for your daughter, you cannot ask questions about budget audits. When your child's school closes because of insecurity, you are too busy surviving to check where the security vote went. The Hunger Engine runs on your fear. And the industry of fear feeds it with cash.

This book will show you how the industry of fear works. Who profits from it. And what you can do to stop it before the next election.

Read on. Your children's safety depends on what you know.