By Faseesin Olasumbo Esq.
A Public Affairs Enthusiast
I sympathise with Oshiomole. This is obviously not a good time for a one time respected labour leader & comrade. Politics can really m ake & unmake as well as unmask the monster in man.
Oshiomole, please embrace peace. I love you! How could you jump everywhere, praising Obaseki and suddenly, you are becoming vengeful. We grew up believing vengeance is God.
Attempts to help yourself in fighting Obaseki, however rude & uncharitable he is, may enmeshed & deepen you in more crises. The painful thing about this, is the crisis of confidence....
Adams, retrace & re align. This battle may wreck a non collateral damage. Perhaps you need to learn more from Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu. He doesn't fight the manner you exhibited your skills.
Recall that Dino Melaye was not only rude to Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, He was brash-ly aggressive and wrong to have addressed Senator Oluremi Tinubu, with very unkind,undignified & impolite language to the extent that, Dino promised to impregnate another man's wife. "I will beat you, hit you & push you/fuck you...." ,he said.
That's how silly & petty he ranted on the floor of the Red Chamber whereas he enjoyed parliamentary immunity to say & do anything without sanctions.
Similarly, the erstwhile President of Senate, Olubukola Saraki had a piece of Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu's flesh sliced for meal. He got some pieces nto his vocal cavity while he held sway in @ 8th Assembly.
How did Tinubu treat all this, he rather allowed Saraki & Melaye enjoyed their independence in shenanigans, brigandage, & gangsterism while he operated the manual of political trajectory to oust and render both incompetent for any political relevance at the moment. Tinubu didn't open a contest with these political assailants, especially the opportunistic Dino Melaye.
Rather, he took them from root and uprooted every atom of recognizance, relevance & dignity they formerly enjoyed.
I'm yet to read Tinubu gloating since he achieved sterilizing these actors. Melaye has since become a solo musician, an orchestra with his fingers on keyboard or, his voices doing devotions & hyme. While Saraki is temporary off guard, unknown & unpopular, Dino can only make a dramatic turnaround in his new found artistical industry for entertainment. He may yet find fulfilment therein, who knows?
Against the background highlighted above, may I encourage you to look the direction of Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu in the manner he fights and wins the battle. However, Tinubu had sometimes ago written and created public awareness that his political detractors & adversaries enjoy unlimited protection & unfettered access to demean & disrepute his person only to the extent that he acquiesce being a piece of trash wherein anyone could abuse, insult & pass unkind comments.
He would not take offence save for many overzealous supporters & impoverished followership who may otherwise act against his wishes but in defence.
Here, therefore, are things you could imbibe to keep your leadership impressive. Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu like any human being would fight where and when necessary but Tinubu has a way of fighting with unrivalled skills. He chooses his fight carefully, whom to fight, when and where to fight as well as who to fight in the circumstance. Tactically fighting and winning. He's not emotional or, intemperate. His response to stimuli & impulse may have passed the ordinary. He can be dispassionate in fighting battles, too.
He's a good leader to mentor Adams Oshiomole who must be humble to learn.
In conclusion, I hereby recommend the leader of APC, Senator Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu as not only a qualified mentor but a leader for many willing mentee(s), including Adams Oshiomole who is unlikely getting the politics right as it were haven lost Bayelsa, Zamfara & others.
Like Balarebe Musa stated, Politics without bitterness may sometimes be the panacea and antidote.
Let Oshiomole pick new skills & re strategize. Perhaps the experience of Zamfara, Bayelza and other places the APC lost would never again suffice. He needs to unlearn & learn new devices to attain the status of remarkable leadership. He obviously needs to bridle his tongue. He must sincerely apologise to the good people of Edo State nay Nigeria for blowing hot & cold, approbating & re-probating, for double speak and obviously, for taking undue advantage.
The good people of Edo State cannot for any reason be taking for granted. By virtue of the 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic Of Nigerian (as amended), Sovereignty rest with the people and to that extent, the people determine whom they vest with that Sovereignty.
It is neither the place of a party chairman nor a non existent political formation that does the magic. It is the People as enunciated, expressed, entreched and validated by the Constitution.
They say, the hood does not make the monk. It's the people who must decide their own leadership irrespective of the obvious indices & impossible circumstance. A leadership they can abide with going forward!
I congratulate the good people of Edo State for standing resolute against power blocks and purveyors of injustice. Gradually, I see liberation for the people wherein Godfatherism will no longer be a thing to showcase. While not conceding to Obaseki's obsession, I think the Chairman of the party ought to have been a mediator and not otherwise antagonistic for any reason that taints the expected neutrality of his status and vitiates the trust imposed on him.
It is a learning curve though. We look forward to internal reconciliatory moves In the days ahead. In politics, it is compromise. Take or leave it!
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