Do Nigerians still remember him, particularly my Yoruba brothers and sisters?

A TINUBU, NOT AN AWO

Cometh the hour, cometh not the right man…To whom the crown does not fit.

No man lives ever swallowing a hedgehog or a porcupine…but be like Bola Ahmed Tinubu or be like Obafemi Awolowo?

NOT MY PRESIDENT

BY JOHN ODEY ADUMA

A tainted ‘President-elect’ cannot be my President,

A ‘President-elect’ with many question marks on his head

cannot be my President;

A ‘President-elect’ with such an unparalleled level

of reputational deficit cannot be my President;

A Bullion Van President cannot be my President.

Iscariot of Iragbiji and Barabbas of Bourdillon cannot be my President,

A vagabond and a wayfarer can never be my President,

A man of no fixed address can never be my President,

A self-proclaimed godfather turning himself

to God cannot be my President;

A tribal bigot, hedonist and a narcissist who thinks money is everything:

the measure of value,

the only measure of success,

is community,

the world;

humanity,

truth,

And the legal tender in the truth economy

certainly, cannot be my President.

A man of such a questionable pedigree can never,

ever be my President

And even if he is the President of all Nigeria,

All Africa, all the world and all of humanity.

A man who companies with all the blood-sucking demons of our time

Should not be anyone’s President,

except it be for birds of the same feather to flock together.

A thoroughly blood-soaked hand ever on ‘high’

should never have to be a nation’s President,

excepting that such a nation is completely

mired in corruption and totally lacking

integrity and national standards due to

its abysmal level of zero morality.

But can corruption fight corruption

And heal corruption, and redeem corruption

or rid the land of corruption?

A man who revels in conquering people

and snatching their inheritances from them

to enrich his himself, family and cronies

shouldn’t be any nation’s President

or any people’s President.

A mindless prodigal must never ever be anyone’s President.

A man of no conscience must never be

allowed to step into that once hallowed ground of service.

A man who breeds thugs and nurtures

Street urchins whom he commissions on treasonous errands -

ballots-snatching, should never be allowed

a trillion miles near any hallowed ground of service

and exalted places in the land,

Lest he sells the nation for a mere pottage

to the West having captured all Lagos and all South West.

Fellow Nigerians, are you sure you want

shameless Achan and rebellious Absalom,

deluded and worthless Abimelech to indeed rule

over you and your children and their children’s children?

Ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha! Impatient Esau without integrity,

Coming to trade away our Commonwealth

with the West for a mess of porridge?

Ho ho! Ho ho! Ha ha! He-he-he,

the gang of Metropolitan elites

rushing to Chatham and to London

and other Western hospitals as status conferral

negotiating away our treasures

not wanting the West to uncover his dirty past?

Then you have not suffered enough, my people!
Then you have not died enough, my people?

*Ocha ho-ho! Ocha ho-ho! Ocha ho-ho!

Are you again indeed, rooting for the self-same

All Political Crooks (APC) and a gang of robbers,

destroyers, and killers?

Dream killers and hope dashers?

Hope killers?

Destiny changers?

Destiny destroyers?

Fuel, food, and Prosperity snatchers

and All Poverty Carriers (APC)?

Again?

Again?

Again?

Ocha ho-ho! Ocha ho-ho! Ocha ho-ho!

Once bitten, twice shy -

But not so in Naija!

Now, let my people think,

Let my people think now.

and the time is now for my people to think.

And the hour is now:

Therefore, think! Think! And again, think!

But is it mere delusion of grandeur

to think because the West doth greet Mr ‘Prezdent’

anyone should begin to think it is a sign of approval

And not for migration’s sake when the nation is afire?

Let this movement then start from the,

North to the South; West to East,

And from coast to coast;

Savanna to savanna

And from the desert to the desert

and the Middle Belt to the Middle Belt,

And all-around the Delta to every Delta,

Therefore, let they who will say

to their children: “Be like Bola Ahmed Tinubu”,

Step out to join NEC to decree him President

and subsequently usher him into that exalted office,

And swear him in as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,

And if none be the first to so pronounce,

Let it then be echoed all over the nation and all the world:

Not my President!

But whose son is Amoda,

and wherefrom does he come,

Iragbiji or Lagos?

And is he of the lineage of Ogunlere of Iragbiji or Tinubu of Lagos?

Impetuous and indiscreet Trump, purveyor of untruth,

You are certainly not he who is to come.

But are you the one to cause the fall of Nigeria,

Bring war upon our land and speed up

the parting of Nigerians to their tents?

But Ashywajo, where goes that Owambeganza celebration,

And your trademark boasting if this is a genuine victory?

And now that the vampiric bandit has reciprocated, what next?

• Exclamation in Yala for an unbelievable experience, happenings/occurrences and events, situations etc.

NORTH MY PRESIDENT MOVEMENT AND THE GOVERNMRNT OF THE THORNBUSH

Amoda’s actual age is believed to be 88 years now. It is, therefore, our wise counsel to him to read the excerpt from the scripture below  88 times and do what is right because it is the right thing to do what is right, and right to do the right thing right at the right time and rightly so – restitute.

Judges 9

1 Abimelek son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother’s clan,

2 “Ask all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember, I am your flesh and blood.”

3 When the brothers repeated all this to the citizens of Shechem, they were inclined to follow Abimelek, for they said, “He is related to us.”

4 They gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, and Abimelek used it to hire reckless scoundrels, who became his followers.

5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding.

6 Then all the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo gathered beside the great tree at the pillar in Shechem to crown Abimelek king.

7 When Jotham was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, “Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

8 One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king.’

9 “But the olive tree answered, ‘Should I give up my oil, by which both gods and humans are honored, to hold sway over the trees?’

10 “Next, the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and be our king.’

11 “But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?’

12 “Then the trees said to the vine, ‘Come and be our king.’

13 “But the vine answered, ‘Should I give up my wine, which cheers both gods and humans, to hold sway over the trees?’

14 “Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and be our king.’

15 “The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to anoint me king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’

16 “Have you acted honorably and in good faith by making Abimelek king? Have you been fair to Jerub-Baal and his family? Have you treated him as he deserves?

17 Remember that my father fought for you and risked his life to rescue you from the hand of Midian.

18 But today you have revolted against my father’s family. You have murdered his seventy sons on a single stone and have made Abimelek, the son of his female slave, king over the citizens of Shechem because he is related to you.

19 So have you acted honorably and in good faith toward Jerub-Baal and his family today? If you have, may Abimelek be your joy, and may you be his, too!

20 But if you have not, let fire come out from Abimelek and consume you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and let fire come out from you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and consume Abimelek!”

21 Then Jotham fled, escaping to Beer, and he lived there because he was afraid of his brother Abimelek.

22 After Abimelek had governed Israel three years,

23 God stirred up animosity between Abimelek and the citizens of Shechem so that they acted treacherously against Abimelek.

24 God did this in order that the crime against Jerub-Baal’s seventy sons, the shedding of their blood, might be avenged on their brother Abimelek and on the citizens of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.

25 In opposition to him these citizens of Shechem set men on the hilltops to ambush and rob everyone who passed by, and this was reported to Abimelek.

26 Now Gaal son of Ebed moved with his clan into Shechem, and its citizens put their confidence in him.

27 After they had gone out into the fields and gathered the grapes and trodden them, they held a festival in the temple of their god. While they were eating and drinking, they cursed Abimelek.

28 Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelek, and why should we Shechemites be subject to him? Isn’t he Jerub-Baal’s son, and isn’t Zebul his deputy? Serve the family of Hamor, Shechem’s father! Why should we serve Abimelek?

29 If only this people were under my command! Then I would get rid of him. I would say to Abimelek, ‘Call out your whole army!’ ”

30 When Zebul the governor of the city heard what Gaal son of Ebed said, he was very angry.

31 Under cover he sent messengers to Abimelek, saying, “Gaal son of Ebed and his clan have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.

32 Now then, during the night you and your men should come and lie in wait in the fields.

33 In the morning at sunrise, advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, seize the opportunity to attack them.”

34 So Abimelek and all his troops set out by night and took up concealed positions near Shechem in four companies.

35 Now Gaal son of Ebed had gone out and was standing at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelek and his troops came out from their hiding place.

36 When Gaal saw them, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains!” Zebul replied, “You mistake the shadows of the mountains for men.”

37 But Gaal spoke up again: “Look, people are coming down from the central hill, and a company is coming from the direction of the diviners’ tree.”

38 Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your big talk now, you who said, ‘Who is Abimelek that we should be subject to him?’ Aren’t these the men you ridiculed? Go out and fight them!”

39 So Gaal led out the citizens of Shechem and fought Abimelek.

40 Abimelek chased him all the way to the entrance of the gate, and many were killed as they fled.

41 Then Abimelek stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his clan out of Shechem.

42 The next day the people of Shechem went out to the fields, and this was reported to Abimelek.

43 So he took his men, divided them into three companies and set an ambush in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose to attack them.

44 Abimelek and the companies with him rushed forward to a position at the entrance of the city gate. Then two companies attacked those in the fields and struck them down.

45 All that day Abimelek pressed his attack against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he destroyed the city and scattered salt over it.

46 On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

47 When Abimelek heard that they had assembled there,

48 he and all his men went up Mount Zalmon. He took an ax and cut off some branches, which he lifted to his shoulders. He ordered the men with him, “Quick! Do what you have seen me do!”

49 So all the men cut branches and followed Abimelek. They piled them against the stronghold and set it on fire with the people still inside. So all the people in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, also died.

50 Next Abimelek went to Thebez and besieged it and captured it.

51 Inside the city, however, was a strong tower, to which all the men and women—all the people of the city—had fled. They had locked themselves in and climbed up on the tower roof.

52 Abimelek went to the tower and attacked it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire,

53 a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.

54 Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” So his servant ran him through, and he died.

55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelek was dead, they went home.

56 Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelek had done to his father by murdering his seventy brothers.

57 God also made the people of Shechem pay for all their wickedness. The curse of Jotham son of Jerub-Baal came on them.

• JOHN ODEY ADUMA, author of the bestseller: “Be a Beacon of Hope in the World: A Message to Young Britain” was formerly Executive Secretary, Foundry Association of Nigeria, (1997-2000), National Coordinator, The Pastoral Resolve, (General Muhammadu Buhari’s Pastoralists NGO; and Chairman, Editorial Board of the Daily Times of Nigeria Plc, 2000-2003.