Ijesha North Politics: The Hypocrisy, The Memory of the People, and the Future of Our Representation

 

By Fayao Saheed

One major problem with politics in Ijesha North today is that too many people want the public to forget history too quickly.

You cannot support a political structure yesterday, defend it publicly, mobilise for it during elections, and then suddenly wake up today presenting yourself as the face of resistance against that same arrangement simply because political interests no longer align in your favour.

The people of Ijesha North are watching, and many of us still remember.

For years, conversations around power balance, fair representation, and the Oriade agenda have existed long before today’s social media activism. Many individuals and groups consistently argued that no single political figure should dominate legislative representation endlessly while other qualified interests within the constituency remain sidelined.

Yet, in 2023, many of the same people who now speak passionately about “change” openly worked to sustain the same political continuity they are condemning today. At that time, power shift suddenly became less important because personal political calculations and future expectations were involved.

That is the contradiction many people can cl

early see.

If the concern was genuinely about fairness and equitable representation, those principles should have remained consistent regardless of who benefited politically. Principles lose their credibility when they only appear after personal ambitions fail.

The bitter truth is that a large percentage of political outrage in our environment is often driven more by disappointment than ideology.

When politicians and their supporters prioritise personal arrangements above collective interest, they should not expect the public to suddenly forget those decisions because the alliance later collapsed.

What makes this even more ironic is that while many people now speak emotionally about protecting the future of Ijesha North politics, some of these same actors once ignored the broader interest of their own towns and communities in pursuit of political alignment and future ticket negotiations.

This is why the public must learn to separate genuine advocacy from political frustration.

Politics should not only become “wrong” when someone else refuses to honour an expected arrangement. If a leader was celebrated and defended yesterday, then people have every right to question what truly changed today.

Beyond all the noise and propaganda, one important lesson remains clear: the people of Ijesha North are becoming more politically conscious. The era where the public forgets political history overnight is gradually fading.

If we truly desire better legislative representation, then political camps must move beyond emotional attacks and media battles. The real work should be grassroots engagement, community development conversations, youth inclusion, and issue-based politics that genuinely improve the lives of the people.

At the end of the day, constant political bitterness and excessive attacks sometimes do more to strengthen a politician’s relevance than weaken it.

The future of Ijesha North politics will not be shaped by propaganda alone, but by consistency, credibility, political memory, and the ability of leaders to genuinely put collective interest above

 personal ambition.