It is no longer any news that the member of the House of Representative, representing Ado/Irepodun-Ifelodun Costituency 1, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, is interested in governing Ekiti State come 2014. There is nothing outlandish about such an ambition. But what many have found curious and laughable are the reasons being bandied by MOB for entering the ring to slug it out against his friend and political folk who occupies the seat at the moment. He is not necessarily vying to fill a yawning gap or to continue from where the incumbent has stopped or necessarily to heed the call of his party or his people or to bring about an unheard of change in governance. No.
MOB’s ambition to govern his state is not responding to any of the variables for they don’t gel right now. If in doubt, check out his manifestos. Among other things, he is going to restore the recognition of the status of certain ex-governors (which is already restored), he is going to complete some projects of his predecessors (already completed or nearing completion) and he is going to conduct the local government election, even if the court rules against it.
Rather, MOB says he is heeding the call of a god that has given his “approval (for him) to go ahead and succeed.” The marabouts he had consulted have seen the vision of him occupying the seat of power in Ekiti in his lifetime. But here is the gimmick: the marabouts have hidden vital information from MOB. or let us assume that they did not see up to that extent. They failed to say when and how their subject would achieve the goal. Yes, MOB will govern Ekiti state according to the reading of the marabouts, but they have failed, or refused, to say when and how.
By when, they could not tell if it is in 2014, 2018 or in 2022. By how, they failed to tell MOB on which platform he would be realizing his ambition and who would sponsor him. They failed to see or tell MOB if he would be the immediate successor of the incumbent or a successor’s successor or he would even be invited midway of a term to come and continue. The marabouts also failed to say whether MOB, who was born progressive and who cut his teeth from the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Political school would graduate into APC or jump the ship midway. They failed to say if he would realize it on a majority platform or that of a minority. Rather, according to MOB’s personal interpretation, they are based on “political analysis.”
This, perhaps, is not the only way where the marabouts failed MOB. They also failed or forgot to tell him that what they saw was not for him alone. No, the marabouts, known for their diabolical tendencies of tangling the front hair with that of the back, failed to customize the vision for Bamidele. Instead, they kept making the same foretelling to as many as came to them -for a fee. You come, you pay and you get your own vision, as simple as the night and day.
Check the list of those who have declared their ambition to vie for the governorship seat of Ekiti come 2014 and you will discover so many who have linked their ambition to what the soothsayers have seen concerning them and then begin to wonder why someone of MOB’s trajectory would fall for such cheap prank. It is the duty of the seer to see and feast on his phantom prediction. On the other hand, it is the duty of any discerning mind to sift which is true, but a willing prey would readily covet such prediction without subjecting it to a litmus test. Is it real? Is it for the good of the people? Is it timely? Is it a journey to salvation or perdition? Neither MOB nor any of these preys ever cared to ask questions. For all they cared, the marabouts prophesies have tallied with their inordinate ambition and they must proceed headlong. After all, those who the devil would kill, he would first make mad.
As for those seers, it is their season to feast on willing preys. They will demand for partridge and porridge, money and moral, conscience and courage. They will ask you to burn bridges, despise your mentors, kill, maim, destroy and wreak other forms of havoc on the innocent but gullible people. They will tell you to whip up all forms of sentiments, dine with your enemies and rubbish all your friends. You will have to sell your conscience, buy those of gullible others in return, use and dump followers, bite any finger feeding you, moan and mourn, lay ambush and spy on your opposition to be able to surprise and attack them.
As if those are not enough, they will mandate you to make and carry sacrifice in the middle of the night to where the three footpaths meet for the devil to chow. You must not forget to shed human blood and sprinkle on the sacrifice. You will have to dance in the market naked for seven market days and you will have to wear a white apparel plus a white cap to match whenever you want to launch your ambition.
Segun Dipe is the Director of Publicity and Media of the All Progressives Congress, Ekiti State chapter.
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