The Attorney General of the Federal republic of Nigeria is an office that upholds and protects the law of the nation. The occupant of this position acts as the nation’s chief prosecutor and guardian of the law. Currently held by a senior member of the bar, it is expected that both the office and its holder should exude unequivocal eloquence and unrivalled composure in its presentation. On the contrary though, the office of the most senior judicial officer of the federation has in recent times been known to carry out questionable acts, support questionable characters and turn deaf ears to those that grouse. The initial shock that received most of his acts has now drizzled into sympathetic head shakings and occasional exclamations from the very expressive few. Not that the frequency of these acts has made them bearable, condonable or rational but the muffled reactions only underscore the infamous nature of the Aso Rock puppet show, a subsidiary of the circus formally known as the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Some people might be wondering why I am giving Mr Michael Aoondoaka (SAN) more undeserved publicity when there are more pressing national issues like the going AWOL of Mr president. I’ll tell you why, it is because this particular iron is proving very difficult to bend. Not that the leopard can change its spots but it should not expect a free pass after poaching the farmer’s sheep. Yes we are used to your unnecessary rantings but we will always make you eat your disgusting vomit. On Monday the 26th of January, the Punch quoted him thus-“……..He will serve his four year term to the fullest, God willing. And by the grace of God, he will still be around to take on the challenges of leading Nigerians to see peace and prosperity even after his first four years in office.” Did you just say whom was he talking about? Ask me oh my brethren. Peace and prosperity? Who? When? Where? Who asked this man to talk again? Were they trying to ridicule him? Like the village mad man being taunted by naughty children? Trust ‘Uncle Mike the loudmouth’ he responded with excessive vivacity and he duly answered more than he was asked.
Who? Alhaji President Umaru Yar’Adua. The lethargic and glaringly ineffective government that the Nigerian people are subjected to will qualify as a good case study for a thesis I imagine to be titled; “The Inhibiting Consequences of a Faulty Electoral Process; Rigging as you know it,-Nigeria as a Case Study” probably done by a student in Ghana-No offense meant. The Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua led government has time and again gone out of its way to not only surpass the levels of lethargy that we have learnt to expect from it, but it has also managed to consistently radiate an aura of gross ineptitude and a lukewarm disposition rivaled only by His Excellency’s dour mien. And you are preaching continuity in his favor? Uncle abeg shut up before millions of hungry families start raining curses on your grey hairs!
When? Personally, I can’t wait for this government to get itself out of the way of our progress. Not two years yet and complaints have become our national anthem, groaning has become our motto and hisses have become the underlying rhythm of a despondent Nigeria. Some people have even had the guts to propose that Baba Iyabo’s third term would have been a better prospect. Talk about choosing the known demon over the subtle devil. It is enough that you enrich yourselves with our collective bullion but rubbing it in our faces? Uncle that is way too much. If you do not have a pocket of personal integrity to pull from, respect the honesty, integrity and professionalism of your predecessors. Frankly, every time I think about the likelihood of his Excellency ruling for a second term, I just pray that Jesus will come very soon and I am very sure that is that reflects the attitude of the average Nigerian. So Uncle, to avoid a storm of expletives on your roof from all corners of the federation, please watch your tongue, people dey vex!
Peace and prosperity? Thank God you did use peace and prosperity in the present tense for it would have been a classical case of premeditated blasphemy and gross dishonesty as many a barrister will extravagantly describe it. Peace? In Jos? In the Niger Delta? In the constantly tensed and apprehension soaked banking halls? Prosperity? When our youths are mostly jobless and 10million children are out of school? Or did you mean Abject Poverty? I stand to be corrected Uncle but I think you are highly disconnected from the fate of the polity. So just face your wig and leave us alone. PEOPLE DEY VEX!
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