by Bernard Ezenagu Anyiam
Reuben Abati was a man formerly, usually
known for his firebrand criticism against the government. His insolent,
denigrating verbiages against Dame Patience, isn't something to be
easily forgotten.
Yet, suddenly, no sooner than later
anyone could fathom it, Mr. Abati became an instantaneously, instinctive
born-again, and transformed from a bashing critic, to an apostle of
Goodluck Jonathan, even producing a ten-series epistle of the president.
You can call it "praise singing"! He was finally rewarded with a
position in the presidency, and his mouth ultimately shut up. An
anti-government critic, became a pro-government attacking wolf!
Years before the advent of Reuben Abati
on the list of serial "made in Nigeria" critics, there had been the
likes of Tai Solarin, Dr. Beko Ransom-Kuti, Ola Onagoruwa, and of
course, our ebullient prof. Wole Soyinka. All of these were compromised
by the then government, with serious, lucrative appointments. A clear
evidence that those men were apparently seeking political relevance.
They certainly got it!
Today
though, we have another person who for some time, has been politically
isolated, and completely ignored. His name is: Femi Fani Kayode - a one
time federal minister of aviation. A man who has since been known for
his unrepentantly and now infamous "intimate relations" submission.
He has been a political flirt,
changing political husbands and allegiance, as one changes hand gloves
in a winter environment. Starting out with the ruling PDP, from which he
was appointed by the OBJ presidency, which promoted the "politics of
reward" and god-fatherism, he later prostituted with a new-born APC;
daily bombarding his mentor party with opposition pronouncements. After a
long wait for recognition, yet receiving none from Ahmed Tinubu, Femi
(powder) Kayode, decided to make an "illegal" u-turn for a return to the
PDP.
How best can one describe a doggy
character in a human? A dog is well known for its filthy behaviour in
vomiting, then turning round later to lick its vomit. It's not like
calling a human being a dog, no, for that would amount to unparalleled
denigration of a creature God made in His own image. But it won't be,
and isn't out of place to compare Femi Fani Kayode's attitude to that of
a dog.
Today, isn't it greatly ironical
that, Mr. Kayode, whose short-lived allegiance to APC was highly
celebrated by some supposedly honorable characters, is now
praise-singing PDP, dancing makossa with GEJ, and ultimately labelling
APC as "Almajiri United"? Note, some people made enemies for themselves
in support or against Femi's switching. Today, how would these confront
each other?
Practical advise is this: It isn't
prudent for ordinary citizens to create unnecessary enmity amongst
themselves for the sake of charlatans, jobbers, and shameless people who
are ready and most willing to sacrifice their mothers for crumbs of
bread. Nigerian politicians are Esau-like; a slice of bread and a red
soup, is what it could only take to purchase their consciences. They are
not for YOU!
Bernard Ezenagu Anyiam
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