Sanity is missing

From not-so-far-away Accra, I have been following the 2011 elections in Nigeria. Yesterday, I commented on the successful efforts of President Jonathan to conduct free, fair and transparent elections. But my joys are being sadly diluted by what is happening in some of the Northern States. The question that keeps cropping up in my head is "If there was rigging in those Southern States where General Buhari lost, it means that the people in those areas had been disenfranchised. Would it not be these same people who should be in the streets today rioting and killing? Why is that that the people from Kanduna and Kano where General Buhari won big are the ones rioting for the rigging that was not done in their areas?". Obviously, what is happening today has deeper roots. Only a candidate from the north can adequately represent the interests of Northerners! The PDP can now see the folly of the zoning process they adopted. I believe that Nigerians came out to vote on the 16th of April not for the PDP but for Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Nigerians chose the best man to run the affairs of the nation for the next four years. I have wondered why the press and even Prof. Jega, the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) chair kept announcing the votes that were cast for the parties rather than for the individuals. For the so-called "Northern Elite" who desperately needed a "consensus" candidate from the North, the Nigerian electorate is saying "We are tired of being fooled". You have been disingenuous enough.