The Oba of Lagos, was said to have threatened the Igbo community in
\nhis domain with immediate destruction if they were found to have
\nworked against his ‘interest’ in the forthcoming gubernatorial
\nshowing. In a message that had gone viral he was alleged to have said
\nthreatened them with a ‘lagoon murder’ if they failed to vote for
\nAmbode, the APC’s flagbear and the monarch’s interest.<\/p>\n
It was a dishonourable statement that sulled the royalty of a throne
\nand exposed the seething haughtiness of one who should be a father to
\nall but for partisanship, has lost sight of responsibility. The threat
\neven as it remains weightless as to make a fretting of those
\nreferred, was a stride to dishonor; and should be meted with a
\ndefiance. It should assume a reason Ambode shouldn’t be voted for; at
\nleast to prove to the Oba the inalienability of the people’s right to
\nchoose freely.<\/p>\n
Sadly as that could be, it further brings to focus the inordinate
\nambition of godfathers and how dirty they could be in manipulating
\ntheir stooges to uncoordinated obeisance.<\/p>\n
The unpopularity which the reliance on the grace of some super-powers
\nfor relevance has on our political culture is withering. This is
\nbecause, in whatever form it is, we discover that it’s anti-democratic
\nbecause it clearly robs the beneficiary of the liberty to exhibit to
\nthe depth his obligation to serve the people in a holistic manner.<\/p>\n
Whichever perspective we seek to ponder on the influence of
\nsuper-powers on Ambode we will never refute the implication of such to
\nthe general well being of the ordinary people for who response
\ngovernment is made.<\/p>\n
Shall we consider it in the line of a rather welcoming basis of
\nensuring continuity in the voyage of good governance. We could suggest
\nthat perceivably the acclaimed owners of Lagos have mapped out a
\nstellar strategy of putting Lagos in the light as a city of great
\naesthetics and so felt the need to project someone, whom they believe
\nwill be subservient to key into the ‘Marshal Plan’ and consolidate the
\njourney begun.<\/p>\n
Are we to consider it in the other more condemnable angle where the
\nsole intent of the godfathers is to plant the stooge for the
\nindecorous diversion of state’s resources to private pockets and bags.
\nThis is often the more probable for the influence of godfatherism as
\nit has been the most obtainable in and around our political clime.<\/p>\n
And in the above perspectives, I see one underlining one of the major
\ngladiators in the electoral game playing out in the Eko theatre on
\nSaturday, the 11th. With all modesty for the sake of truth, I see Mr
\nAmbode as a stooge; a candidate whose emergence was chiefly
\noechestrated by perceived fathers and owners of today’s Lagos. These
\nare people, who by their influence and place values, consider
\nthemselves as the hands that rock the boat of Lagos; they define it
\nand decide who it is that gives it the leading to the direction
\nthey’ve so chosen. These are principally factors that have brought out
\nMr. Ambode and widely projecting his candidature.<\/p>\n
But it is undeniable the truth that he who pays the piper must dictate
\nthe tune. We see clearly the inability of a disconnection of this fact
\nfrom what’s playing out if eventually Ambode emerges victorious at the
\npolls. It would be a drastic ingratiation to bite the fingers that
\nfeeds him.<\/p>\n
It’s certain that he would have to divide his loyalty to the course of
\nLagosians and to the promoters of his course. The ultimate emergence
\nof Ambode would put Lagosians in a tight corner of having to contend,
\nin statutory democratic dividends, with the self-appointed
\nking-makers.<\/p>\n
However, Jimi Agbaje, from onset, has proven to be a man on this
\nmission not to be responsive to any covert forces than the people,
\nwhose mandate he seeks to wield. In Agbaje we see a strong contrast
\nbetween what a man with deep impulse for service can offer when
\nelected and what subservience to conflicting interests can cause to a
\npeople.<\/p>\n
The postulation of Jimi’s independence as a candidate with no subtle
\nprojectionists has been reflected by the brandish of overzealousness
\nas exhibited by no other than a traditional ruler whose insistence on
\na candidate is simply on the fact that he ‘picked him’ to represent
\nhis interest.<\/p>\n
Even as the symbolic battle for the soul of Lagos rages on, it is left
\nfor the people of the commercial city to choose between one who would
\nhave to respond to the biddings of his pay master, first, before
\nfinding the convenience of focus on the electorates that made his
\nemergence possible or someone, whose commitment remains centrally and
\nsignificantly to the electorates from whom he drew mandate.<\/p>\n
Ndigbo in Lagos and all Lagosians should disobey such egoistic
\ndirective; they must prove to the Oba that only the electorates by
\ntheir votes can ‘pick’ a leader. The vote for Jimi should be decisive;
\nand when it happens, APC should find on Oba Akiolu the slab to lick
\ntheir wound.<\/p>\n
Ahanonu Kingsley,
\nconscience4net@gmail.com<\/p>\n
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