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I cannot but serve you what l will always call the Teasers. The purpose of doing this is to let you into the unlocked room – which looks to be permanently locked most times. I shall say more about this later. Anyway, letting you in will expose you to those nasty and criminally-nauseating things done by political leaders against the people – Nigerians that elected them to office.

Have the Nigerian people really; exercising their democratic rights – in a free and fair election, ever elected political leaders to office? Again, let us leave behind a formidably verifiable answer to this question for another day. We cannot take it up today because of the many waters to cross before arriving the cogent seashore of reason.

Behind the scenes of events, talking of the absurdity between the Nigerian Political leaders and the Nigerian Followers, too many crimes are committed by the leaders against those being led. Some of these crimes which includes conspiracy to “kill” the people being governed by the leaders. Again, let us not try passing through this route today as it might result into disastrous voyage.

Let us therefore go straight for the teasers that are making way for tomorrow’s preview of events, permit The Guru to lunch this with some befitting historical presentation.

The Nigerian First Parliamentarian General Election of December 30, 1964, left our country politically divided. The meaning of real political enmity came down from Hell – because it could not have arrived from Heaven, and all Nigerians, matured enough then, saw it. What most of those that were decoding the mathematical equation of that time, thought it was just a phase that would soon vanish with time

Alas, it refused to vanish away. And one of the many reason that made that “political disorder” not vanished, was the fact that those who won the election of that year started thinking and calling themselves Warrior, Victors and Conquer. That was in one hand.

While, on the other hand, those who lost in the election were becoming more sad on daily basis because those who won started calling those who lost as “bad losers” - the losers really were being tormented physically, spiritually, mentally and emotionally by the winners.

Even, in-between these two Group of winners and losers; as they so named themselves, anger, dichotomy, bitterness and all verses were geometrically growing, without any attempt of reconciliation from any quarter.

The dichotomy raised its ugly head more between the North and the South, with the East finding some silvered lining along the Coast of Safety. Of course, since a House divided against itself cannot stand – as the saying goes, the political enmity between Obafemi Awolowo and Samuel Ladoke Akintola, inside One House that the Western Region could have been, did not see solution appearing from any angle.

The atmosphere degenerated into “Operation Weti re” in the Western Region. Houses of suspected political enemies were being burnt. People were being sent to jail through the instrumentality of jaundiced judiciary.

The losers of that political election [1964] were at the loosing ends while the winners were enjoying the freedom of triumph or victory.

That was the situation until the 15th Meeting of the Heads of Governments and Heads of Commonwealth of Nations met in Lagos in January 1966. Practically speaking, our own esteemed Prime Minister of that era – the Golden Voice of Africa; as he was called, Sir Tafawa Balewa, hosted that conference while fire was burning on his roof.

The Conference was successfully hosted by Nigeria, so the so-called Winners of the 1964 General Election classified it.

Sir Tafawa Balewa, having done a good job of hosting the delegates, decided, with full enthusiasm, to see his Special Guests off to their different distinations, at the Nigerian only International Airport, at Ikeja, on that day of January 14, 1966. A journalist of the Tribune Newspaper asked the Prime Minister a deep question that day, at the Airport.

Sir, “how comfortable are you hosting the Commonwealth Conference while fire is burning in Western Nigeria?”, the man asked.

Do you want to know the “Wise” answer our “wisdom-packed” Prime Minister gave?

Is Ikeja not part of Western Region you mentioned? Where is the fire you are talking about? Can you show me the fire, please?

That was January 14, 1966. And 48 hours later, that joke of looking for the fire had become one big history – and so well written for future generations.

Then, another scene, like 1941 and 1966 re-echoed again, but this time, in 1982, around October or November of that year.

Obafemi Awolowo, in his usual custom, was going on his annual pilgrimage to Isreal, and at the airport in Ikeja, he addressed the Press. The Sage submitted, during the briefing, that the Ship of the Nigerian Nation would soon go aground because of the financial recklessness of Nigerian Political Leaders – he took time to give details of the Nigerian financial balance sheet. He submitted, with timely accuracy that it would only be matter of months, the Nigerian Nation-State Ship would be wrecked.

Of course, the then Nigerian Ruling Political Party did not welcome Chief Obafemi Awolowo with Cup of Tea. Neither were drums rolled out to dance for him. What he said then has since became One big history.

Here we are, in 2024, the music is sounding from somewhere, and many people are speaking, as some people spoke in the past. Who is listening?

The Gure shall be advising, tomorrow, at Lagos Talks 91.3 FM Studio, that if we will not listen to what Nigerians are saying, President Bola Tinubu’s Administration should, at least, listen to what General Abdulsalami Abubaker – a onetime Nigerian Military Head of State, has just said. And what did this Gentleman Officer is saying?

Wait and meet with The Guru tomorrow, by the grace of God.

Godwin Etakibuebu; a Veteran Journalist, wrote from Lagos.

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