Cynicism weighed heavily on the national psyche. No one knew for sure the direction of the ship of state. For million of Nigerians, it was a decade to forget. Many, unable to fathom the irreversible slide to hopelessness by a nation so bountifully blessed, simply voted with their feet. They 'invaded' other lands in search of the proverbial Golden Fleece.
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