I have a confession. I’m the reason NPP lost the election. I need to make this confession because it seems like it’s the only reason my girlfriend will let my name rest.

I’ve never voted in my life. I hardly talk about politics or complain about how a country is run. Ever since I came of age, I’ve never seen any government make our lives better. It’s all slogan and make believe so I dey my corner.

My girlfriend is not like me. She sees evil and says evil unless the evil is about her party. Then the evil becomes nice. I don’t blame her. She was raised that way. Her parents are deeply rooted in politics. Her dad has been an assemblyman before and later in life became a DCE. She might have seen the colours early when she was young and got cladded in them.

Two weeks before the election, I didn’t see her. We talked on the phone and I saw her on her status preaching the works of the elephant family. I’m indifferent when it comes to what she does with her social media. Days before the election, she came home asking me to get ready to vote.

I didn’t find my ID. She told me I could vote without it. I didn’t want to go through that stress so I stayed home. After voting, she came home to spend the night with me.

She was watching TV while I slept. I woke up the next morning to realize things were not going well for her. She was moody and easily triggered. When I asked what was happening she said, “Don’t ask me anything. It’s all your fault. Did you vote? So why are you asking me questions?”

I ignored her and found out things for myself. The gap was gapping. Their camp was not laughing. Others have started throwing in the towel. She called her mom on a loudspeaker. The woman said, “Adwoa, ɛbɛyeyie nono?” My girlfriend answered, “It’s possible.”

Then she screamed, “Even Akwasi didn’t vote. How can we win when our people don’t vote? How’s that possible?” I responded, “It’s possible.”

I’ve never had peace since then. Maybe this confession will help my case because I don’t know why I can’t have fun with my girlfriend because a party lost an election. I can’t hold her. I can’t joke with her. When I asked her to buy food on her way home she told me, “Don’t you know Lordina’s house?”

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I don’t know how long she’s going to stay in this mood but the little I’ve experienced is enough. Can we do the election again so I vote this time around? Or better still, can you people stop doing Ɛyɛ Zu so my girlfriend will heal quickly? Be kind. Save a struggling relationship.

— Akwasi

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