DOUBLE STANDARDS

I can make “jokes” about Jesus and Mary Magdalene

And my apology is as insightful as the “joke” itself

I can say genocide Jonathan and nothing will happen

I can use my social media account for both constructive and destructive criticism  

I can become a reporter on any negative occurrence in a government I don’t like

I can join campaigns aim at sabotaging my opponent’s efforts

I can call my opposition derogatory names on social media and that’s not a hate speech

I can make boast on social media irrespective of its perceived impacts

I can make allegations of Jonathan dancing in Kano while Boko Haram strikes

All in my quest for power

Now that I am in power

You dare not challenge my authority

You dare not criticism my government either constructively or destructively

Your post on social media will be termed a hate speech

Your post is capable of inciting violence   

Just go to Kufena hills and throw yourself down

Or better still get suspended and onward detention

Do I have double standards?

Have I forgotten that what goes around comes around?

That the rope used to flog the first wife is still in the drawer

By

Bijimi Daniel Meindous