Here the poet is assuming Nigeria as a single person,and using the person for his imperious lamentation..
MY NAME IS NIGERIA
150 million people live inside me
Ironsi took my cup;it's filled with blood
Gowon took me as a dorky; it's fortuitous
Abacha tore my skin;it hurts
Murtala helped my siblings;it's a shame
Obasonjo drained my life;it's diabolical
Shagari was where; it's not here
Idiagbon claimed my name;it's decorative
Buhari was a military mob;it's a pity
Babangida killed my ancestors;it's a pity
Shonekan left my empty pocket; it cause for alarm
Obasonjo came with a native wear;it's a surprise
Ya'ardua bought back my lost;it's invigorating
Goodluck bought to me badluck;it's still a luck
Buhari is now with a native wear; it's taking me low
My name is Nigeria
I was unable to die
People put me to be strong
They are 150 millions
They have 36 parts
They are strong
Hungary but keep pushing to survive
My mother born to earth 56 of us
I am tired, yet I'm the giant of them
My name is Nigeria
Out of me is me
Out of me are the people in me
They control d people in me
To me they show me
That I am not me
The weakness of me
Was shown to the real me
This is me
Commit those empty grains to the flames that won't consume me
My name is Nigeria
I still rise above my mother child
They almost kill me
People in me, pain in me
This is me
I'm the goddess of permanides
Superiority in inferiority
Inferiority in superiority
My name is NIGERIA
I won't become a DORKY
NEVER
Official/ $lim/ASA POETRY AWARDS/
: Odeyemi Idowu Ebenezer
Phone number: 08032893245
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