Like Pride Rock, Like Aso Rock, By Remi Otuneye

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DEAD SENATOR, President, otuneye, remi

Let us dig in into the struggle to Aso Rock. Before the reign of the lamb king, was a king whose government took over from the military kangaroo rule. While everyone was happy that we have entered a new phase of enlightenment, a rule by a civilian, only to turned out to be a two-faceted government-having face of human and beast. The government he led was autocratic; an opposer to the rule of law. He (I mean Ebora Owu) wasn’t one to hearken to the prerogative of the constitution. His demystification of the sacred rules was second to none by refusing to obey the court order to release the statutory allocation belonging to Lagos State. In his reign, like the animal kingdom, we had many high wired political killings; settling political acrimonies and on the other hand were execution of high profile criminal cases. On the later, he was a Head of State indeed! The necessary evil. Corruption was tackled up to the high places. However, he did us a disservice by endorsing and handing over to a feeble King; whose reign did not pass the test of time-death. Paving way for vacancy in Aso-Rock. Then comes the Lamb, fresh air! By the judgement of the providence, the creator of the fowls of the air, fishes of the sea and beasts of the field, in his infinite mercy as cited in 1 Cor. 1:27…chooses what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chooses what is weak in the world to shame the strong. The lamb became the King, a commoner from a minority tribe. Alas, we have failed again! The ‘shoeless’ family soon became the defender of ‘hard earned’, hobnobbing with hawks- like thieves, liars and sycophants. In a short period of time, mene, mene, tekel and upharsin, he was relinquished of power and the kingdom was bestowed to an ex-ruler-The lion King, who was enthroned by the people (majority). Thereupon, due to poor health- relating to old age, the Lion King went on medical vacation. While away, the lioness confessed on how hyenas and jackals have/wanted to high-jack(ed) the government of her husband and will soon be sent out of the kingdom. On the other side are wolves, nay sayer and prophet of Baal who wanted the newly installed king dead. I could hear God forbid! I begin to ponder and ask, who did this to us? How did we get here? When do we want to get it right? Nigerians! Nigeria, a great kingdom, a land flowing with milk and honey, her destiny now lies on the shoulder of an aged King, President Muhammudu Buhari, who seem better than a weaker lamb whose reign was accomplished with looting spree without caution. Well, Like Simba in Lion King who returns from his self-exile from the Prides Lands, The Lion king is back. Let us see what he has to offer in less than two years to the expiration of his term…and I can boldly say, many still have hope in this reign and together we can achieve a lot by giving it support devoid of tribal hatred and ethnic agitation- these are unnecessary distractions. On a parting note, with all social and economic unrest facing the nation, the President should hearken to the warning of an ancient writer, Niccolo Machiavelli that there are two ways of fighting: by law or by force. The first way is natural to men, and the second to beasts. Bus as first often proves inadequate- especially in this time of our redundant judicial system where the poor get jailed while the rich get bailed together with enemies within – one must needs have recourse to the second. So a King must understand how to make a nice use of the beast and the man. Adopting the strategy of the beast, to survive, you must learn from fox and the lion; because the lion is defenseless against traps and a fox is defenseless against wolves. Therefore one must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves. Praemonitus, praemunitus: to be forewarned, as they say, is to be forearmed! Till 2019. Remi Otuneye is Political Analyst, writes from Lagos. To Receive Free News Updates, Add To Your WhatsApp: 08033857245; For Adverts Enquiries, Call 08083609209, To Publish Your Articles Or News Stories, Email editor@skytrendnews.com. READ ALSO! Between GoDaddy And Namecheap: Making The Best Choice For Domain Name Registrar READ ALSO! Google Developing New Tools To Enhance Article Search For News Publishers On Subscription READ ALSO! The Internet’s Future Lies With Its Next Billion Users — Sundar Pichai, Google CEO READ ALSO! Nigerian Filmmaker, Zuriel Oduwole Makes Forbes List Of 100 Most Influential African Women READ ALSO! Woman Marries Her Son After Getting Pregnant For Him READ ALSO! Smartphone Sales Fall As Samsung, Apple Consolidate Market Share READ ALSO! The Smart CEO: Top 5 Websites To Get Cheap Domain Name Registration Reporting Nigerian Political Economy Perspectives…]]>