My earliest recollection of the Easter season was when I was maybe 5 years old and there was this big deal been made about a certain Good Friday.
So there I have was,all two and half feet of me,eyes drawn up at the cutest angle you'll ever see,asking my mum what all the fuss was about this particularly good Friday.
And she answered me,half her mind on my question and the other half on the lovely fish stew she was conjuring up "You know what dear?It's the day Jesus was killed!".
I'm like....................oooookkkkkkk!
Was this Jesus a bad man?I asked innocently.
No.Infact,he was a rather good man.
I'm sure you can understand my fear and trepidation of been called a good boy from then on!
Another Easter session has slowly but surely crept up on us again(especially for those of us too lazy and food-loving to observe the fast that precedes it) and with it all the possible human lessons to be learnt.
The most fascinating character in this story for me has to be the much villified Judas;a man who's name has become synonymous with betrayal and evil.
Blackberry dp's that bore pictures of half clad people and lewd jokes just yesterday have since changed to pictures of our Lord Jesus Christ at the moments of his travail and crucifixion,with accompanying pm's like "Judas,all these for a few coins!" and "Shame on you Judas!".
I find it interesting that prior to the last supper and the events thereafter,there was never a mention of Mr Iscariot.
For all we know,Judas might have been a mild-mannered bloke who never bothered nobody,with a little house in a nice part of town and a well maintained donkey to carry him about.
But he,like many of us have and will continue to,fell prey to the lure of filthy lucre !
Let us all remember,in our private and public lives,that whenever we drop our principles or lower set standards in exchange for money,we have all done just as bad as dear Mr J. Iscariot.
For the politician who embezzles public fund meant for hospitals,Judas is thy name.
For the judge who keeps striking out cases against well known corruptionistas,thieves and murderers in exchange for bribes,you are no better than the man who led Christian slaughter!
And for those of you/us who plan to spend all of tonight partying like Pontius Pilate was coming to town tomorrow to seize all the beer ,let us remember that the day is good in name only!
P.S:This has to be the first Good Friday public holiday I have seen in Nigeria.
Way to go Uncle Jonah.At least if you can't do much good,you can give them a holiday,right?
Friday, March 29, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
Chained!..............hopefully.
A bus was bombed in Kano.
Sending people from the thrill of seeing long missed loved ones to the pearly gates in an instant!
Chinua Achebe died in the United States same week.
Leaving behind a legacy that would be hard to equal let alone surpass by any writer of this generation or indeed the future.
But more importantly....................plant me,water me silly and watch me grow........but did Tuface Idibia just get married????!!!!
The 'Enter the place and see if you no go carry belle'(I've always preferred the full name of the song personally) crooner finally tied the knot with his lon g suffering and long waiting partner Annie Somebody-Whats her name.
After ten(10) known children outside wedlock(forgive me if I exaggerate a little,but 6 and 10,what's the difference really?)
Sorry?
Can you speak up a bit?
He doesn't have 6 children either?..............................I'm thinking if you're not gonna let me enjoy writing this post,you can run along and do something silly like campaign for Jonathan for 2015!
As I was saying,the not so Innocent Idibia finally bit the bullet and said the iconic I do.
And in faraway Dubai no less!
The creme de la creme of the society was there.
Maybe not the society but at least the Nigerian entertainment industry!
Musicians,actors,important and not so important politicians,religious religious leaders and not so religious religious leaders.
Even well known Lagos prostitutes a.k.a socialites were there in full force.If three-quarters of their clientele were gonna be in the Middle East for the weekend,it only made sense for them to hop a plane,right?
Glitz,glamour,extravagance and a touch of elegance here and now.
It was no less than Tuface deserved.
Annie by the way............................................I'm not really sure what she does.
I hear she was once a model or actress or singer or something.
I probably know as much about her as I know what goes through the head of a Nigerian policeman before shooting dead a commercial bus driver for not giving a 20naira bribe.
And they had some interesting wedding gifts!
Rumour has it that the governor of one of the oil-rich southern states was said to have decided,
after he had provided water,shelter,health care,security,good education and electricity to the people of his state and the people were satisfied to bursting point,to use the excess to purchase two brand new top of the range SUV's to the beautiful couple.
Now,if that isn't God's will,I don't know what is!
There's also the case of a mysterious Chevy Corvette that was supposedly given to the couple by the Senate leader,which he has since denied.
Mark my word(no pun intended),we shall get to the bottom of the story!
I really don't care about Tuface's philandering past or all his beautiful children.
All ten of them*straight face*!
All I know is that arguably the greatest African artiste of the last 15 years just got married and I congratulate him.
He and Annie-Somebody-whats her name!
P.S:of course,the bombing and Achebe's death were more important.But this is Nigeria,we'll just keep pretending like these things did not happen,okay?
Sending people from the thrill of seeing long missed loved ones to the pearly gates in an instant!
Chinua Achebe died in the United States same week.
Leaving behind a legacy that would be hard to equal let alone surpass by any writer of this generation or indeed the future.
But more importantly....................plant me,water me silly and watch me grow........but did Tuface Idibia just get married????!!!!
The 'Enter the place and see if you no go carry belle'(I've always preferred the full name of the song personally) crooner finally tied the knot with his lon g suffering and long waiting partner Annie Somebody-Whats her name.
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| The girl try sha! |
After ten(10) known children outside wedlock(forgive me if I exaggerate a little,but 6 and 10,what's the difference really?)
Sorry?
Can you speak up a bit?
He doesn't have 6 children either?..............................I'm thinking if you're not gonna let me enjoy writing this post,you can run along and do something silly like campaign for Jonathan for 2015!
As I was saying,the not so Innocent Idibia finally bit the bullet and said the iconic I do.
And in faraway Dubai no less!
The creme de la creme of the society was there.
Maybe not the society but at least the Nigerian entertainment industry!
Musicians,actors,important and not so important politicians,religious religious leaders and not so religious religious leaders.
Even well known Lagos prostitutes a.k.a socialites were there in full force.If three-quarters of their clientele were gonna be in the Middle East for the weekend,it only made sense for them to hop a plane,right?
Glitz,glamour,extravagance and a touch of elegance here and now.
It was no less than Tuface deserved.
Annie by the way............................................I'm not really sure what she does.
I hear she was once a model or actress or singer or something.
I probably know as much about her as I know what goes through the head of a Nigerian policeman before shooting dead a commercial bus driver for not giving a 20naira bribe.
And they had some interesting wedding gifts!
Rumour has it that the governor of one of the oil-rich southern states was said to have decided,
after he had provided water,shelter,health care,security,good education and electricity to the people of his state and the people were satisfied to bursting point,to use the excess to purchase two brand new top of the range SUV's to the beautiful couple.
Now,if that isn't God's will,I don't know what is!
There's also the case of a mysterious Chevy Corvette that was supposedly given to the couple by the Senate leader,which he has since denied.
Mark my word(no pun intended),we shall get to the bottom of the story!
I really don't care about Tuface's philandering past or all his beautiful children.
All ten of them*straight face*!
All I know is that arguably the greatest African artiste of the last 15 years just got married and I congratulate him.
He and Annie-Somebody-whats her name!
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| You can take the bachelor out of a nigger but you cant take the nigger out of a nigger. |
P.S:of course,the bombing and Achebe's death were more important.But this is Nigeria,we'll just keep pretending like these things did not happen,okay?
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Of websites and presidential pardons!
First of all.............GO DOWN LOW!
I've always wanted to do that.
But seriously,first of all,websites are a finicky bunch.
You just never know!
And also considering that this said website belongs to an arm of the nation's security apparatus,who are we to say that the website is really not www.nscdc (I really need to put a full stop after my sentence,so I'll just put it after the closing bracket if you don't mind).
Has anyone really tried the said addy and a fully functional,larger than life website of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp did not pop right at you?
Have we become such doubters that when a respectable man in uniform tells you that "only his Oga at the top can categorically answer that",we still don't believe?
Come on!!!!!!Men and women in uniform are of a higher moral fiber than the rest of us.
For those who don't have an inkling of what I'm talking about,a few days ago,the Commandant of the Lagos Office of the Nigerian Civil Defence Corp, Mr Obafaiye Shem,was interviewed on a popular Lagos news channel and asked to provide the web address of the NSCDC for those interested in finding out more about the organization.
If only Mr Obafaiye could turn back the hands of time like R.Kelly unsuccessfully tried to,he would have done the honorable military thing,straightened his back,chin up,frown on face and bark to the camera that he did not have a clue.
But instead,he stammered and jonsed around for a good two(2) minutes like a teenage boy trying to find his way round a bra strap for the first time,before finally saying,to the consternation of the whole world,including my mother,who probably has never opened a website in her life but still knows that there ought to be a dot com somewhere,that the web address was www.nscdc (I'm really having a hard time with my full stops today because of poor Mr Obafaiye).
That's all!
To be fair to the brother,the website is indeed www.nscdc.gov.ng,for those saying the guy should have just said www.nscdc.com!
Also,considering that the poor fella most likely had 90% of his brain matter channeled into ways of possibly embezzling the monthly allocation of the agency,it might be a bit of a stretch for us to imagine that he could possibly ever remember such a cumbersome web address.
This comical gaffe should in fact throw up a more serious and disturbing public discourse.
If something as basic and simple as the web address of his own security unit is beyond the reach of a key commander of an important arm of the country's defence force,how then can we expect them to locate supposed terrorists and kidnappers!
In other news,rumors have been trickling into the public domain about the supposed pardon granted to certain Nigerians and in particular to a certain ex-governor.
A man so notorious,he has been described as allegedly one of the greatest looters of the Nigerian treasury since Lord Lugard.
This same man once disguised as a woman to escape from the long arm of the law in the U.K-I still cant wrap my head round how he managed that.If I was the immigration officer at Heathrow,I would still arrest 'her' for been so damn ugly.
Anyhoo,this great man of the Niger Delta is alive ,well and kicking.And he has in the last few months seem to be having more and more influence in the affairs of government and indeed governing.
In other climes,this gentleman would still be kicking his heels at the pleasure of the government at a tastefully furnished federal prison near you.
In fact,and I repeat in fact,if it were to be China..................I doubt if he'd still be kicking his heels,prison or not.
Any road,we had all forgotten about him,just like the rest of his thieving contemporaries.
And if this government had any bright pennies,they'd let it remain so.
That's all!
I've always wanted to do that.
But seriously,first of all,websites are a finicky bunch.
You just never know!
And also considering that this said website belongs to an arm of the nation's security apparatus,who are we to say that the website is really not www.nscdc (I really need to put a full stop after my sentence,so I'll just put it after the closing bracket if you don't mind).
Has anyone really tried the said addy and a fully functional,larger than life website of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp did not pop right at you?
Have we become such doubters that when a respectable man in uniform tells you that "only his Oga at the top can categorically answer that",we still don't believe?
Come on!!!!!!Men and women in uniform are of a higher moral fiber than the rest of us.
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| Errrmmmmm....................most of them anyway! |
If only Mr Obafaiye could turn back the hands of time like R.Kelly unsuccessfully tried to,he would have done the honorable military thing,straightened his back,chin up,frown on face and bark to the camera that he did not have a clue.
But instead,he stammered and jonsed around for a good two(2) minutes like a teenage boy trying to find his way round a bra strap for the first time,before finally saying,to the consternation of the whole world,including my mother,who probably has never opened a website in her life but still knows that there ought to be a dot com somewhere,that the web address was www.nscdc (I'm really having a hard time with my full stops today because of poor Mr Obafaiye).
That's all!
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| My name?.......Only my Oga at the top can categorically tell you that. |
To be fair to the brother,the website is indeed www.nscdc.gov.ng,for those saying the guy should have just said www.nscdc.com!
Also,considering that the poor fella most likely had 90% of his brain matter channeled into ways of possibly embezzling the monthly allocation of the agency,it might be a bit of a stretch for us to imagine that he could possibly ever remember such a cumbersome web address.
This comical gaffe should in fact throw up a more serious and disturbing public discourse.
If something as basic and simple as the web address of his own security unit is beyond the reach of a key commander of an important arm of the country's defence force,how then can we expect them to locate supposed terrorists and kidnappers!
In other news,rumors have been trickling into the public domain about the supposed pardon granted to certain Nigerians and in particular to a certain ex-governor.
A man so notorious,he has been described as allegedly one of the greatest looters of the Nigerian treasury since Lord Lugard.
This same man once disguised as a woman to escape from the long arm of the law in the U.K-I still cant wrap my head round how he managed that.If I was the immigration officer at Heathrow,I would still arrest 'her' for been so damn ugly.
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| DSP, is that you? |
In other climes,this gentleman would still be kicking his heels at the pleasure of the government at a tastefully furnished federal prison near you.
In fact,and I repeat in fact,if it were to be China..................I doubt if he'd still be kicking his heels,prison or not.
Any road,we had all forgotten about him,just like the rest of his thieving contemporaries.
And if this government had any bright pennies,they'd let it remain so.
That's all!
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The Kardashian sighting,the Patience resurrection and the city on water!
It's been an eventful last 10-12 days in Nigeria.
So much happening.
And the subhuman heat attempting to deep fry our brains in its pot skull hasn't really helped either.
First was the sighting of an Unidentified Flitting Object somewhere in Lagos.
Some claim that the reality star Kim Kardashian was in Lagos this past weekend,while my friend Ade,who was actually at the event, swears by all things dear to him that he can't be too sure.
Ade,who by the way is an unashamedly die-hard fan of Miss Kardashian,had saved up the little left from his salary after spending a large chunk of it on fueling his generator,to have a close up view of his hero or heroine or whatever!
You should have seen Ade on the day!
All decked out in his cheap ass tuxedo,cologne choking the air like a Rihanna blunt.Looking for all the world like a poor man's Diddy.
Off course,just before the show began,the excitement became unbearable for my man,nature called and he just had to go to the loo.
It was the fastest piss ever taken by man.
Fact!
Half of it was actually done on his trouser,all in the hope of not missing a single minute of the action.
If only the poor sod had known that Kim had no plan to spend a whole minute on stage.
Aahhhhh!
The folly of it all!
Anyways,that has got to go down as the easiest $500,000 ever made.........well.........aside from certain Police Pension Fund bosses.
Somebody test that girl for some Igbo genes!
As for Darey,who am I to criticise a man for spending his money in whatever way he sees fit.
In fact I did a similar thing just the other day.
Flushed down a ten(10) naira note just to see if it would.
That's the thing about we big boys,we just loves to do big thingz.(and at times really stupid,daft,unexplainable and downright foolish things#Darey).
Just as the buzz was settling,news filtered in that our Dear First Lady had just hosted a lavish thanksgiving service at the State House.
Word had it that she narrowly escaped from the clutches of death at a foreign hospital.
In fact,the actual word being bandied around was a Resurrection!
Did I just hear someone gasp in shock and sheer trepidation for her well being?
Nah......that was just gas settling in my tummy!
The never invited but always present Sahara Reporters claim that about 500 million naira was spent on the Resurrection shebang(thats just a fancy word for a situation or matter.Ain't nobody bang no body)
I doubt if Lazarus' resurrection party nearly cost as much!
Of course the usual crowd was present;politicians,businessmen,professional ass lickers and psychophants.Anybody who is anybody in this political 'grab yours I grab mine' we call democracy,was there to duly pledge loyalty.
We on the flipoutcorner are glad and relieved that our Dear First Lady is in good and joyous health.
Who are we to begrudge her a little thanksgiving.
As they say,Nigeria's money belongs to all of us!
Finally,the Eko Atlantic City was launched about 5days ago or so.
Dubbed as the next great African City.
The Atlantic Dubai.
A true testament to what Africans can achieve if we really want to.
But it can also end up as a stark reminder to the great divide between the rich and the poor in Lagos.
As the Lagos government focuses on the completion of this great project,I will ask for them to spare a thought for those of us who still grapple with bad roads,no electricty,poor transportation services,poor hospital and crime in the present Eko Slum City!
First was the sighting of an Unidentified Flitting Object somewhere in Lagos.
Some claim that the reality star Kim Kardashian was in Lagos this past weekend,while my friend Ade,who was actually at the event, swears by all things dear to him that he can't be too sure.
Ade,who by the way is an unashamedly die-hard fan of Miss Kardashian,had saved up the little left from his salary after spending a large chunk of it on fueling his generator,to have a close up view of his hero or heroine or whatever!
You should have seen Ade on the day!
All decked out in his cheap ass tuxedo,cologne choking the air like a Rihanna blunt.Looking for all the world like a poor man's Diddy.
Off course,just before the show began,the excitement became unbearable for my man,nature called and he just had to go to the loo.
It was the fastest piss ever taken by man.
Fact!
Half of it was actually done on his trouser,all in the hope of not missing a single minute of the action.
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| It's a bird...its a plane....or shit,its just Kim Kardashian! |
If only the poor sod had known that Kim had no plan to spend a whole minute on stage.
Aahhhhh!
The folly of it all!
Anyways,that has got to go down as the easiest $500,000 ever made.........well.........aside from certain Police Pension Fund bosses.
Somebody test that girl for some Igbo genes!
As for Darey,who am I to criticise a man for spending his money in whatever way he sees fit.
In fact I did a similar thing just the other day.
Flushed down a ten(10) naira note just to see if it would.
That's the thing about we big boys,we just loves to do big thingz.(and at times really stupid,daft,unexplainable and downright foolish things#Darey).
Just as the buzz was settling,news filtered in that our Dear First Lady had just hosted a lavish thanksgiving service at the State House.
Word had it that she narrowly escaped from the clutches of death at a foreign hospital.
In fact,the actual word being bandied around was a Resurrection!
Did I just hear someone gasp in shock and sheer trepidation for her well being?
Nah......that was just gas settling in my tummy!
The never invited but always present Sahara Reporters claim that about 500 million naira was spent on the Resurrection shebang(thats just a fancy word for a situation or matter.Ain't nobody bang no body)
I doubt if Lazarus' resurrection party nearly cost as much!
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| Can I just stay in Jesus?I hear post-resurrection parties cost a few these days! |
We on the flipoutcorner are glad and relieved that our Dear First Lady is in good and joyous health.
Who are we to begrudge her a little thanksgiving.
As they say,Nigeria's money belongs to all of us!
Finally,the Eko Atlantic City was launched about 5days ago or so.
Dubbed as the next great African City.
The Atlantic Dubai.
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| I have never really understood these models!Do I get to sue if the trees are not the exact same number in the model#Just asking. |
A true testament to what Africans can achieve if we really want to.
But it can also end up as a stark reminder to the great divide between the rich and the poor in Lagos.
As the Lagos government focuses on the completion of this great project,I will ask for them to spare a thought for those of us who still grapple with bad roads,no electricty,poor transportation services,poor hospital and crime in the present Eko Slum City!
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
Jawo Jawo lomo!
I truly did love Goldie's music.
It was different.
Maybe a bit brash.
The style obviously did not sit well with a lot of folks but music was never meant to be appreciated by all.
I write this today not because I am trying to suck out the last possible piece of publicity I can from the death of one so young but because I truly did love Goldie's music.
From 'Dont touch my Body' to 'You Know it' and the catchy 'Jawo Jawo',I truly did love them all.
She was a musician on the up until the Big Bother Africa show.
First of all,I've met people who have bored myself,my soul and my spirit to death after just having to share space and listen to their brain-numbing thoughts for a few hours,so I've not really come to terms with why people were so hard on her for failing to catch or hold their attention for weeks on end!
The name calling,public humiliation and downright assault on her person was vicious and plain unkind.
The Big brother show was meant to be the lift her career needed but it most probably became the death of it and possibly hers.
When the news broke in the late hours of yesterday,I thought it was the usual celebrity deaths.
God knows TuFace Idibia must have died enough times by now.
So I went to bed expecting an apology from the blogger who broke the news,but instead,I woke up to all sorts of 'RIP GOLDIE' 'WE LOVED YOU GOLDIE',blackberry display pictures changed to that of the same woman we all hated and vilified.
No wonder a friend of mine once said that 'Its best to first bludgeon to death or at least render a Nigerian unconscious first just in case you ever find yourself in a dark corner with a Nigerian and a snake'
At least you expect a snake to bite,you never can tell what to expect from a Nigerian!
A pretentious and vile set of people,If I ever saw one!
I will always remember Goldie Harvey as a musician and a darn fine one at that!
I truly did love her music.
It was different.
Maybe a bit brash.
The style obviously did not sit well with a lot of folks but music was never meant to be appreciated by all.
I write this today not because I am trying to suck out the last possible piece of publicity I can from the death of one so young but because I truly did love Goldie's music.
From 'Dont touch my Body' to 'You Know it' and the catchy 'Jawo Jawo',I truly did love them all.
She was a musician on the up until the Big Bother Africa show.
First of all,I've met people who have bored myself,my soul and my spirit to death after just having to share space and listen to their brain-numbing thoughts for a few hours,so I've not really come to terms with why people were so hard on her for failing to catch or hold their attention for weeks on end!
The name calling,public humiliation and downright assault on her person was vicious and plain unkind.
The Big brother show was meant to be the lift her career needed but it most probably became the death of it and possibly hers.
When the news broke in the late hours of yesterday,I thought it was the usual celebrity deaths.
God knows TuFace Idibia must have died enough times by now.
So I went to bed expecting an apology from the blogger who broke the news,but instead,I woke up to all sorts of 'RIP GOLDIE' 'WE LOVED YOU GOLDIE',blackberry display pictures changed to that of the same woman we all hated and vilified.
No wonder a friend of mine once said that 'Its best to first bludgeon to death or at least render a Nigerian unconscious first just in case you ever find yourself in a dark corner with a Nigerian and a snake'
At least you expect a snake to bite,you never can tell what to expect from a Nigerian!
A pretentious and vile set of people,If I ever saw one!
I will always remember Goldie Harvey as a musician and a darn fine one at that!
I truly did love her music.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
The Nigerian money growers and cash plantations!
Growing up in my family, a popular saying with my father was that 'Money does not grow on trees'.
It was always 'Is that your new bicycle lying in the rain?Do you think money grows on trees?'. 'A Super Nin-ten-who? You think money falls on my head every morning from the orange tree?'.
Apparently, my Dad never worked for the Police Pension Fund!
Cos if he did, he would have been going to work early in his career with a basket and a small water bottle for when he gets parched from harvesting.
Because that's apparently what John Yakubu Yusuf and his merry group of money pluckers have allegedly been doing in the last couple of years.
I don't suppose that any government parastatal has 32billion Naira just lying idle, so I'm going to go with the assumption that they have a cash plantation of sorts.
I can just imagine the Boss sticking his head out of his office door one morning and telling his secretary 'Joan,would you be a dear and get me a couple of millions from the garden out back'.
In all honesty,the news of the Police Pension Fund looters(allegedly) is a bit stale;and that,my friends,is one of the very few reasons why this country is such a great place, people have such a damn short memory span!
A good chunk of us are too busy trying to figure out where the next meal will come from that we cant bother worrying our pretty and not so pretty heads about folks that pilfer our treasury and about whatever fate, if any, befalls them.
It is that same short memory span that makes former workers on these plantations like Diepriye Alamasiegha,Olabode George,Cecilia Ibru,Erastus Akingbola(allegedly), still walk around as free men and no one really cares.
It amazed me to no end that when the interest in John Yakubu Yusuf (how did this guy get into the Nigerian Civil Service in the first place?The name screams scam from a mile away!) was at its most,the public fury was directed more at the ridiculous fine he was asked to pay and not at the obscene amount he was accused of misappropriating!
It just tells you where we have come as a country.
So in conclusion,I will say this, worry not yourself my dear John Yakubu Yusuf, because in a year from today, most Nigerians wont remember if you were the John Yakubu who was accused of stealing(allegedly) or the Yakubu John who once worked for their father as a security guard.
P.S: For Goldie Harvey.
It was always 'Is that your new bicycle lying in the rain?Do you think money grows on trees?'. 'A Super Nin-ten-who? You think money falls on my head every morning from the orange tree?'.
Apparently, my Dad never worked for the Police Pension Fund!
Cos if he did, he would have been going to work early in his career with a basket and a small water bottle for when he gets parched from harvesting.
Because that's apparently what John Yakubu Yusuf and his merry group of money pluckers have allegedly been doing in the last couple of years.
I don't suppose that any government parastatal has 32billion Naira just lying idle, so I'm going to go with the assumption that they have a cash plantation of sorts.
I can just imagine the Boss sticking his head out of his office door one morning and telling his secretary 'Joan,would you be a dear and get me a couple of millions from the garden out back'.
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| That's right Joan! |
A good chunk of us are too busy trying to figure out where the next meal will come from that we cant bother worrying our pretty and not so pretty heads about folks that pilfer our treasury and about whatever fate, if any, befalls them.
It is that same short memory span that makes former workers on these plantations like Diepriye Alamasiegha,Olabode George,Cecilia Ibru,Erastus Akingbola(allegedly), still walk around as free men and no one really cares.
It amazed me to no end that when the interest in John Yakubu Yusuf (how did this guy get into the Nigerian Civil Service in the first place?The name screams scam from a mile away!) was at its most,the public fury was directed more at the ridiculous fine he was asked to pay and not at the obscene amount he was accused of misappropriating!
It just tells you where we have come as a country.
So in conclusion,I will say this, worry not yourself my dear John Yakubu Yusuf, because in a year from today, most Nigerians wont remember if you were the John Yakubu who was accused of stealing(allegedly) or the Yakubu John who once worked for their father as a security guard.
P.S: For Goldie Harvey.
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