THE YORUBA CASH AND CARRY POLITICIANS AND THEIR DESPERATION.
The news is on air that a bunch of political charlatans canvassing the candidature of Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) went to the Olubadan of Ibadan and Aláàfin of Ọ̀yọ́ to drum up support for Tinubu. The desperation can be understood in the light of the hausa/fulani adoption of Governor JK Fayemi (JKF) of Ekiti State as the son of Ahmadu Bello. For a starter, BAT has said he does not want to hear of anything Oduduwa Republic, yet he is canvassing for support for his candidature in the Household of Oduduwa. Let us also not forget that BAT himself had announced that he has not presented himself as a 2023 presidential candidate. As best as we know, those who the gods will kill, they first make mad. It is also true that the dog that will perish will not heed the whistle of the hunter. BAT has been reminded of the example of Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief MKO Abiola, and their fate. For BAT, and now JKF, they should know that whoever rides on the back of a tiger ends in its belly. JKF, having overtime nursed presidential ambition, is also against the emancipation of the Nation of Oduduwa. In the case of JKF, it is safe to say that the caliphate will administer on the country the 1999 dose of “with or without Yoruba vote, obasanjo will win”, because he does not appear to have any visible and formidable political structure. Besides, his position as incumbent governor will constrain his movements, hence BAT took to the campaign train now to gain a headstart over JKF. All in all, BAT delegation to Ìbàdàn and Ọ̀yọ́ will end up in a wild goose chase and an exercise in futility. The Aláàfin of Ọ̀yọ́ is recently known for his libido and harem. This is not a good credential for an 82-year royal father, and in politics, where he is expected to be neutral, maybe he will succeed in getting some support for BAT, in some quarters of Oyo, having been reported to have endorsed him. As for the Olubadan, he was in Lagos very recently to visit BAT. This is the refuse heap which our traditional rulers have become. Many Olubadan have been known to be political rascals, hence nothing traditionally palatable and credit worthy can be expected from a crown given by former military governor DM Jemibewon. It now remains to be seen the allure and attraction of the Nigerian presidency. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa stood in as a stooge of Ahmadu Bello. He ruled with Nnamdi Azikiwe and their achievements in 5+years include but not limited to gerrymandering on Western Region by carving out MidWest Region from the Western Region, which was the smallest in territory, imprisonment of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, destabilization of Western Region politics by sowing discord into the Action Group and electoral malpractices and the declaration of state of emergency in Western Region. General JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi, who became head of state after the overthrow and assassination of top politicians spent 6months to destroy true federalism before he was killed. He came to avenge the Igbo against the Yoruba by abolishing regionalism. General Yakubu Gowon came in to squander the wealth of the country for the 9 years he stayed in power. He is famous for his statement that money is not nigeria’s problem but how to spend it. General Murtala Mohammed came in for only six months to sound the death knell of the Nigerian Civil Service before he was assassinated and obasanjo took over for 31/2 years. He ensured that the best candidate did not win the 1979 election, he squandered the nation’s commonwealth on FESTAC 77 and destroyed the universities feeding and accommodation system, as well as the Nigeria Students Loans’ Board. He has never supported a Yoruba in his entire life and career. To him, the welfare and wellbeing of the north is his divine mandate, while the oppression, exploitation and persecution of the South is his article of faith. He handed over to Shehu Shagari, whose only competence is chain-smoking and lightening cigarettes unaided. His 4+ years in government is nothing to write home about. He was an abysmal failure, not that his predecessors were better. Then came in this same now semi-senile Mohammadu Buhari for 20 months. He came to power to avenge the north against the South. He rolled out draconian decrees, with ouster clauses under which he jailed journalists and publicly executed drug pedlars. IBB overthrew him and committed crimes against humanity by extra-judicial killings, egregious corruption, he staged a coup against the freest and fairest election in the nation’s history. US$12Billion oil windfall disappeared without trace under his watch. The culture of “settlement” was entrenched in governance at his time. With Obasanjo conspiracy, one Ernest Shonekan was installed in power before he was shoved aside by General Sanni Abacha, the worst kleptomaniac in government. He not only had a killer squad, extra-judicial killings dominated his 5 years in power. He was a tyrant, dictator and maximum ruler, all rolled into one. He appropriated the nation’s resources to himself and his family. He was planning on transmuting to a civilian ruler when the cold hands of death snuffed life out of him. Abdulsalami Abubakar took over from him, built the National Assembly at exorbitant cost and single-handedly imposed the 1999 Constitution on nigeria. He also sacked over 6000 civil servants under buhari’s decree No 17 of 1984 which ousted the jurisdiction of courts. With his fellow northern military establishment, they imposed obasanjo on the nation for 8 years in 1999. He attempted life presidency under a third term agenda. He squandered all the goodwill in power, rigged elections in the SouthWest and assassinated Chief Bola Ige, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. He sacked the town of Udi and Zaki Biam. He was a dictator, holier-than-thou and know-it-all. He is a Casanova and amoral in all facets of life. He contrived the ascension of the duo of Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan to power. He has always done his best to bring down his successors, accusing them of what he did worse when he was in power. He spent US$16Bilion on darkness. Yar’Adua had no strength to rule and died 2+years into his tenure. His wife Turai became the de facto and de jure ruler while her husband was awaiting death. Then came Goodluck Jonathan, known as shoeless and clueless. His administration officials simply kept looting the treasury while he was locked up in Aso Rock with akpeteshi, kaikai and ogogoro. His wife was both the de jure and de facto ruler of the country. Buhari’s regime opened up the can of worms in GEJ’s administration. The semi-senile buhari is already 51/2 years on board and the geographical contraption is going up in flames. In all these, what should interest a reasonable and sane person from ruling nigeria. The northerners will never achieve anything and they will never allow anyone else to rule in line with world international best standard and practices. BAT and JKF will never take note of an Igbo governor who recently decamped to APC (Agony & Poverty Coalition). That is the northerners Plan B to sideline the Yoruba. The fact stares us in the face that 106 years of amalgamation did not produce a united country, 60 years of independence did not yield any political, economic and social progress while 64 years of cheap petrodollars has turned nigeria to the poverty capital of the world. BAT was Lagos State governor for 8 years and now has the state resources under his lock and key, beck and call. The Nation of Oduduwa has stated categorically and unequivocally that we are done with nigeria, yet BAT and JKF keep giving false hope to the caliphate. If nigeria has not worked for 106 years, it remains to see what magic the misguided and self-deluded BAT and JKF plan to deploy to turn around an unworkable entity. On the Peoples Republic of Oduduwa we stand. BAT, JKF and their foot soldiers will perish in their machinations.