Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Doyin Okupe: The Garrulous Hireling Of A Dying Regime
By Rotimi Adeoluwa
Doyin Okupe, medical doctor and a son of the late Chief Matthew Adekoya Okupe of the ‘Agbonmagbe’ bank fame, was hired hurriedly by the Jonathan Presidency as a fitting response to the deluge of excoriating flak occasioned by the extra-budgetary expenditure of the Administration in the procurement of 200 luxury cars for the Jamboree for the African first women under the superintending guidance of the Queen mother of the Nigerian Monarchy. Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media had made spirited attempts at employing delicately woven spins and outright mendacity to deflect the anger of a befuddled citizenry; the lords of the villa felt that the efforts lacked the needed bite, hence the need for a personality with ‘rougher’ men.
The current Job specification of an administration’s attack dog is familiar terrain for Doyin Okupe. At the very beginning of the Obasanjo’s Presidency on May 29, 1999, Okupe was by his side as the man in charge of hurling insults and or vituperations on the new president’s real or imaginary enemies until ‘iniquity’ was found in him. I remember at one Televised debate with the then President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Okupe was rude and uncivil. It would be recalled that the reason for Okupe’s incivility then was because of the Comrade’s impudence in leading the Nigerian workers on a strike action in a manner capable of disturbing the peaceful mien of his boss.
The ignominious exit from the position in the year 2000 eventually brought out his real demeanour as one capable of anything and descending to any denigrating stratum in order to eke out a living.
As a victim of obesity, the odious combination of incivility and loquacity complete the vacuousness of his persona. In the last few years, he had been on scrounge for livelihood through obsequious obeisance to one benefactor or the other. For Okupe, any current benefactor is his ‘god’ and bears no scruples in lampooning anyone that had previously paid his wages, just to gratify the subsisting source of his meal ticket. After falling out with his former boss, President Obasanjo, he was ‘rehabilitated’ by his home state governor that was then having a show of political relevance with the then ‘Baba’ in Aso-villa.
In a manner reminiscent of a shameless turncoat, Okupe started castigating the former president. In the Punch story of February 7, 2012, he was reported to have said that Obasanjo was incapable of leading PDP to victory in South west. It did not take too long before he fell out with the governor-benefactor and was hired by another master. As the proverbial Leopard not willing to change its spots in a hurry, Okupe showed his intrinsic nature by pouring vitriolic verbal spewing on his immediate former boss to endear himself to the new paymaster. This shall, of course, remain the cycle of life for the new Aso villa human ‘pit-bull’.
Indeed, one should never be surprised at Okupe’s new diatribe against the duo of Pastor Tunde Bakare and Mallam Nasir El- for rufai for their individual effrontery in calling for the resignation of his employer, Dr Goodluck Jonathan as President, on account of his incompetent handling of Nigeria’s security challenges. It is part of Okupe’s inimitable character to employ scurrilous and ad-hominem attacks on the perceived adversaries of his current employers. It does not matter to Okupe if he failed to attend to the cause of the grouse with his employers.
The daunting security challenges have made the Nigerian polity a hellish place for the citizenry. An administration that rode to power on the demagogy of ethno-religious sentiments has also added a culture of cronyism and nepotism to its litany of extemporaneous brand of political governance! While the citizens are living in fear in their various abode, the security around the Chief helms man is now beefed up with operatives mainly from his ethnic extraction. Meanwhile, leadership-centered corruptive tendencies remain at all-time high with no desire for a change in attitude.
A simple resolution by the Lower legislative chamber for the president to stop his penchant for non-implementation of the budget or risk impeachment has provoked awful reactions from the Regime; drumbeats of treasonable impudence are getting louder from the president’s ethnic enclave!
The new human pit bull of the Aso-lord has a love for vanity that is inherently in his gene. The story was told about how his late father was buried in a golden casket amidst grandeur and wads of currency. Later on, thieves invaded the grave and purloined everything except the old man’s bare body.
It is highly inconceivable that a man with such vain-glorious propensity can hardly do any self-less service to a Nation. In the inebriated gloating about his 30-year stint in Politics, Dr Okupe failed to tell his achievements in the improvement of the Nigerian state. It was a pity that the same Okupe was nowhere when Pastor Tunde Bakare (whom he has found pleasurable to vilify) expended his financial and emotional resources for the enthronement of his newly-found paymaster at a very uncertain time in the Nation’s history.
The antecedents of Doyin Okupe clearly show an amoral personality with no scruples at superimposing his selfish desires over the common good. As the National Publicity Secretary of National Republican Convection (one of the two political parties created by the Babangida administration in its democratization process), he exploited his closeness to the junta to galvanize support for the annulment of the June 12, 1993 elections.
There is palpable manifestation of leadership deficit in every facet of the national life: decaying infrastructure, dearth of sporting laurels, educational retrogression, leadership-festered corruption, scary insecurity challenges, ever-burgeoning recurrent expenditure, etc. In this season of anomie, it seems the government has lost focus and is beginning to chase shadows by attempting to muzzle citizens’ aversion to its unmistakable cluelessness and gross incompetence.
The question is, why would an administration, beset with such daunting challenges, choose this time to bring in a known scum-bag to launder its image? As the song goes, the answer may just be blowing in the wind! Should we then agree with Professor Niyi Osundare, who declared recently at a Save Nigeria Group (SNG) event: “Watch out, Nigeria: a new Jonathan seems to be emerging.
One who confuses cockiness with confidence, tactlessness with toughness, strongman-ship with statesmanship..President Jonathan's combination of naivety and amorality is as profound as it is injurious to the health of this country. Can a corruption-compliant ruler really lead a corruption-free country?”
If the postulation of the highly cerebral professor is to be taken as true and prophetic, should the people expect difficult times ahead from a desperate regime? Indeed, only time tell!
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Uche J, is that your
Submitted by polaroid on August 12, 2012 - 22:52.
@Uche J, is that your problem?
What makes you think Obama is not lying to Americans and the whole world with your supposed sweet words acredited to him?
Can Jonatahn Inspire You ...?
Submitted by Uche J (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 23:32.
After the recent shooting at a Cinema in USA that claimed many innocent lives, the speech from Obama (unedited bcos he spoke from campaign venue) so much lifted my spirit even though I am not related to any of the victims. That is what I know leadership to mean.
Question; does any of Jonathan's speeches inspire you? Has he made any speech that brought out the fire of patriotism in you?
He does not have to be an orator, George Bush is not one but he can make speeches that inspires even non Americans ( recall "we will smoke him out" speech on Osama bin laden).
Jonathan just does not have it, no matter how many attack dogs he employs, they will not be able to hide this glaring fact.
He is like Nigerian National Anthem, very very uninspiring. Listening to Anthems of other nations at the Olympics, I accepted that my Country's anthem is the worst! That of USA brings tears of joy from my eyes.
Nagodi:The Media Man of Boko Haram-aka Human Sacrifice PLC
Submitted by Jtoni (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 21:17.
Mr Nagodi, While one understands your attachment to power and the criminal benefits of power-Oil blocks allocations and outright stealing of our commonwealth by your folks-restraint is advised. When anyone submits an article for the entire world to read, readers expect enrichment instead of spewing loads of ethnic hate and rubbish. Before you start writing, identifying your facts instead of allowing pure hate drive you to write disconnected sentences and paragraphs that don't link.
Just one year of niger delta rule has turned you into a raving lunatic: A glaring case of Psycho-somatic illness.
@nogodi, u are as confused as
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 18:02.
@nogodi, u are as confused as the word comfusion itself. What did the writer say that made any meaning to you? Well we all know u work for boko haram here but please use your brains to make people understand and see you as a human who often thinks like an educated man. For now u dont seem to have any brains left in u. The article doe not make sense. Its meant for the gutter people in Boko haram like you
JTONI, PAY ATTENTION TO THE SUBSTANCE
Submitted by nagodi (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 13:44.
IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THE WRITER IS SELF EDUCATED OR GUTTER EDUCATED JUST TAKE WHAT HE WRITES APART AND ANALYSE IT. AS FOR ME THE GREATEST INDICATOR OF A STRAIGHT JACKETED, IN THE BOX THINKING AND WRITING IS THE NUMBER OF THE WRITERS ACADEMIC DEGREES! YOU LEARN VERY LITTLE FROM PEER REVIEWED THINKING AND I SAY THIS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF AN ACADEMIC- BEEN THERE DONE THAT!
So, in your view, the
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 12:24.
So, in your view, the failures of the school system are responsible for all Nigeria's problems? And that should be handled by a presidential aide on public affairs? Not by the education ministry or the thousands of others charged with that responsibility? Well, I guess it is clear that the school system failed you given the absence of logic in your statement.
Essay Writing is not for the Uneducated, Mr Writer-for-pay
Submitted by Jtoni (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 11:43.
Rotimi Adeoluowa, Your first attempt at writing an essay in Life. Who is so dumb to have wasted his filthy money to have hired you, a man who has never attended a structured English language class. Next time you attempt to waste our time with this type of crap, you need to go back Elementary 3. Writer-for-pay job is not a job where you display your level of illiteracy and stupidity.
OKUPE DOYIN - THE ATTACK DOG.
Submitted by KAREM (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 10:17.
Dear Rotimi Adeoluwa, this is indeed a good one. However, next time keep it simple. Frankly, i needed a dictionary by my side to be able to read and understand your article. That said, I think I like what you have written. Facts be told, GEJ is clueless and hollow. I wonder where he obtained his PhD.
In D South we have been
Submitted by DERI (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 09:36.
In D South we have been burying dead bodies of Youth Corpers, Clergy men, traders, professionals, children, mothers, etc in their hundreds since the insurgent started and it seems the blood thirsty murderers are prepared to kill more in the days to come. Each time they make a successful kill they celebrate it all over the world through social media. The killers are getting bolder and there is this urge to go on. The leaders in the North have lost their followers and they cannot even speak now for fear of their lives. Even IBB who claimed to be a master in the art of violence and the dominator of his environment has developed cold feet and lost his manhood. The Generals in the North who tormented 9jas for more than 30 years cannot talk now. Even the powerful Emirs in the North have lost their powerful voices. Those who managed to speak including the current Gov CBN says it is poverty that brought about Boko Haram. We agree but can poor people buy bombs and cars?JI
@jejlaye der is too much hatred-amongs us-let us split
Submitted by DERI (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 08:22.
I use to have loads of respect 4 d Yorubas. So, did nothing to attract their wrath until pastor bakare and tinubu started the war-they destroyed years of struggle to bring the South South and the South West together-killed it forever! And u want me to pity dem?-Are there no Ijaw tribes men in the West? The Fulani North that d SS supported 4 over 45 yrs, are the ones who want GEJ dead-who is control of GEJ-is it Ijaws or fulanis? let the kontry break up for all I care-these ills that they have been talking about, been with us 4 54 yrs. Heard dem as a kid-when Awo came out to contest against shagari-the same old stories-when abiola and late Gani arrived on the scence-now the thieves who kept the kontry in bondage 4 52yrs want to torment Jona. No lessons learnt from the civil war-So they will rather use their regional sentiments-attack GEJ & his wife-the same way mama Awo was alleged to have used aso ebi to amass wealth. U discuss issues not abuse the SS-else it will be war without end!
All Hail Alhaji Goodluck Jonathan!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 08:12.
In its usual unpredictable manner, the Boko Haram sect on Monday waved its brand of Olive Branch at President Goodluck Jonathan to convert to Islam if he is not ready to resign from office...
Read this witty masterpiece now at:
can d poor buy bombs-No-elrufai, dangote, and buhari can
Submitted by DERI (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 07:52.
In Southern 9ja, we have been burying dead bodies of Youth Corpers, Clergy men, traders, professionals, children, mothers, etc in their hundreds since the insurgent started and it seems the blood thirsty murderers are prepared to kill more in the days to come. Each time they make a successful kill they celebrate it all over the world through social media. The killers are getting bolder and there is this urge to go on. The leaders in the North have lost their followers and they cannot even speak now for fear of their lives. Even IBB who claimed to be a master in the art of violence and the dominator of his environment has developed cold feet and lost his manhood. The Generals in the North who tormented 9ja 4 more than 30 years cannot talk now. Even the powerful Emirs in the North have lost their powerful voices. Those who managed to speak including the current Governor of CBM said it is poverty that brought about Boko Haram. We agree but can poor people buy bombs and cars?)JI
response to femi4-the dumfounded one!
Submitted by glory (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 07:25.
i guess femi4-the dumb founded one- is FEMI FANI-KAYODE.Not surprising at all.He was also another attack dog(or shall we say, rottweiler) for another emperor that had the Nigerian nation under his vice grip.If, with your Cambridge law degree,you still could not get the rich logical flow of the prose that the write-up was, go ahead and throw your certificate in the lagos lagoon. It is simply worthless! This is the time to get our nation back from the precipice by the hard-driving unconscionable leaders.Like those before it with such anti-people traits, this Jonathan regime is a goner.Nigerians shall rise to condemn the infernal nonsense that we are shown daily by this incumbent regime.
Masterstroke indeed!
Submitted by Donmams (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 04:12.
This fool okupe is just a mirror image of the kind of people in power these days. Even the president is an attack dog with no manners. Was it not GEJ who said i don't give a damn on national tv? Am sure hilary clinton saw that clip on youtube and must have concluded nigerians must have been fools for allowing this idiot to rig our elections.
However, 2015 is just around the corner. GEJ shall be sent packing along with his ijaw comrades and they shall all be shot for their various crimes against the nigerian state.
99 days for the thief...
Do not mind that AGBA-IYA attack dog
Submitted by Dejo Oladimeji (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 04:06.
I would rather Dr Doyin Okupe addresses how the present government is tackling the socio-political problems in Nigeria and not to be an attack dog that you never want to be. A good government would always know that the future of any country depends on the kinds of offspring that are bore forth by the citizens. We need child and youth development programs. Our schools programs need to be relevant and inculcate values. Lacking those is what cause this fundamental systemic failure that will eventually lead to a crashed state.
Who is deri? His he Ĝöϑ ?
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 03:15.
Who is deri? His he Ĝöϑ ? Forget the son of the ogogro bastard
Dumbfounded. Part 3
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 01:27.
As soon as I am done writing this (which, by the way, I'm a little irritated that I have had to take time away from my evening to lecture you on this) I will Google you. Why? Because i suspect you will hastily write me a nasty response lauding your accomplishments and education. But, don't bother doing that. I bet you've written lots of poorly penned, grammatically somersaulting pieces; I will just find those and ... well ... not read them. What would be the point?
Dumbfounded Part 2
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 01:26.
One example is the paragraph that opens with Okupe's obesity. I found the first few words interesting and thought, maybe, just maybe we were about to see something worth reading. But alas .... The author again jumped right off he cliff. Nothing else in the paragraph touched on Okupe's weight or appearance generally. So, what was the point you were trying to make? Quite frankly, with supporters like yourself, El-Rufai needs no enemies.
If I were Okupe, I'd encourage you to keep writing. The more rubbish you pen, the better for Okupe and his folk. Adeoluwa, do El-rufai (and, frankly, the rest of the readers) a favor and stick to your day job. Unless your day job is in fact writing. In which case, I pray God has mercy on your soul (and our eyes).
By the way, note how I have not used a single "big" or archaic word in my response. This allows both the elite and the common to read and understand. Take note.
Dumbfounded.
Submitted by Femi4 (not verified) on August 11, 2012 - 01:24.
This article by Mr. Adeoluwa is easily the funniest (not funny ha! ha! But funny like when your dog takes a crap in your favorite shoes) thing I have read this year. I continue to be amazed by narrow-minded people who insist on writing pieces that are cluttered with words that no normal human being uses in common speech. With a law degree from one of the most prestigious law schools in the world, I still had to turn to the dictionary 15 times (yes, I counted) before the end of the article. You have failed to convey your point (or any point). I have no dog in the Okupe vs El-Rufai race, but am tired of having the media circuit polluted by stupidity. The next time you chose to write on matters of national importance (or anything else), save us the pain of having to wade through rambling and incoherent jargon. Just get to the bloody point. Remember the cardinal rule - keep it simple, stupid!
I am now much dumber for having read this nonsense.
@ify-dumb-4-ever: no qualms. Its fire for fire!
Submitted by tundemash (not verified) on August 10, 2012 - 22:06.
Okupe is not different from you; he would sell his mother for a plate of soup ! He's broke now and would serve anyone that can pay his bills. Where was Okupe 2 years ago when Turai was dealing with your moron Jonathan ? Calling the appointment of Doyin Okupe a master-stroke just shows how stupid you are; it's an act of desperacy by a corrupt dying government !
This is the robust response of ElRufai to ypour kabukabu Okupe outburts.
http://saharareporters.com/news-page/el-rufai-okupe-governance-cannot-be...
Going by this response, it looks to me Dumbo Jo still needs to outsource more because it is getting hotter. By the way ... how far with your project youclaim will benefit humanity ? Animal !
I revoked 8 plots of land and allocated them to my family as FCT
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 10, 2012 - 20:40.
Breaking News:
I revoked 8 plots of land and allocated them to my family as FCT Minister - El-Rufai
In a rare show of honesty, former minister of the FCT, Malam Nasir Erufai, now a chieftain of the Congress for Progressive Change, has admitted revoking plots from others and allocating same to his family...
see the the tweet now at:
Crumbie Deri
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 10, 2012 - 20:17.
It baffles me how agents of darkness like deri could look at bare-faced logic and stand it on its head. May your life(deri) be run like Jonathan and his gang is running Nigeria... Say amen if u genuinly believe in dis fucked regime and its quality of governance.
@Deri, to be honest with you,
Submitted by Jejelaye (not verified) on August 10, 2012 - 19:41.
@Deri, to be honest with you, i quite appreciate your analysis most time, but the part of you that drives me nuts is the inability to filter your hatred for the North or some particular individuals from the SW. Can we just focus more on the the way forward and stop making a big deal about Oil in the SS. If you'll agree with me the SS has other money spinning resources that Oil, And this also goes for the other regions. Have you ever calculated how many dollars one barrel of palm oil cost? What about Banana and plantain? if you've ever been opportune to travel out to Europe, you'll see that the spotless banana been sold comes from some African countries without oil. The SS has an excellent potential to generate more income from these than the so called Oil that has beclouded our thinking. For me, we should concentrate more on educating our fellow Nigerians on how to say no to the problems that we all know are slowing us down and live together in peace.
Crumbie Deri
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 10, 2012 - 19:37.
It baffles me how agents of darkness like deri could look at bare-faced logic and stand it on its head. May your life(deri) be run like Jonathan and his gang is running Nigeria... Say amen if u genuinly believe in dis fucked regime and its quality of governance.
The write of this article is
Submitted by Anifowoshe (not verified) on August 10, 2012 - 19:19.
The write of this article is okupe in disguised!!!!!!!!!!
I hope okupe will not be
Submitted by Anifowoshe (not verified) on August 10, 2012 - 19:17.
I hope okupe will not be reading this article,because if he does,he is coming at you with all his might!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol
Wonderful write up,keep it up
Personality Wasted
Submitted by Ayobami (not verified) on August 10, 2012 - 19:12.
Okupe is what they call in some proffesion,personality wasted.His father would have thought that training a child to be a doctor will be a guarantee for a secure future.Alas this kebuyeri man has proved that;their is little difference between his being a doctor and GEJ being a Phd.
Certificated .......what?????
Deri, can you make up your mind?
Submitted by Alex (not verified) on August 10, 2012 - 19:12.
Can you simply make up your mind cause yesterday you were here berating Oritsejafor and lambasted GEJ for borrowing more money now you don't change your mind.
CIA is not Nigerian SSS
Submitted by DERI (not verified) on August 10, 2012 - 10:18.
Oritsejafor, why! why!. Why will you go and report Jona's incompetence to america. Rolling out the list of attacks like it's a good thing that our govt. can't handle--You just spoke anyhow, disgraced yourself and Nigeria making demands to Hilary Clinton as if she is our president--Oritsejafor, why!
I think am being impersonated here. SR look into it.
Deri, your stupidity knows no
Submitted by Yangeh (not verified) on August 10, 2012 - 18:47.
Deri, your stupidity knows no limits. If the Nigerian flag is supposed to be flying at half mast as a result of the 20 innocent souls murdered in Kogi, whose duty is it to say flags should fly at half mast? Your brother GEJ!!! Who has the power to do such? Your brother GEJ!!! So you have simply succeeded in telling us how your brother is not just clueless and unable to govern, but also uncaring about issues affecting the very people he was (s)elected to lead. Thanks for being so honest.
