Friday, 5 March 2010

Déjà vu...

This message is meant for the acting president of Nigeria, (AP, VP,) Goodluck Jonathan.

Sir, I have read and watched with interest, most of the transformations that have happened in your life, and with all due respect, sir, I submit that your parents had reasons to so name you.
Sir, I read on face book, well you know this face book people can be ludicrous at times, that you were assistant class captain when you were in school and that the class captain was withdrawn or something happened sha, and you were automatically sworn in as captain.
They swear that the same thing happened when you were in high school, where you were assistant headboy, and inasmuch as I'm praying this is untrue, they say the headboy died and you automatically assumed the role of the headboy.
According to them you were also a vice chancellor of an unnamed university, then went on to become an assistant local government chairman. Sir, I'm not exactly sure how the rest of the story played out, but I certainly have been born when it happened in Bayelsa state. When the almighty Obj ousted your oga, Alams from his exalted position and the seat was unceremoniously vacant, you must have thought, "Oh, not again", but the seat needed an occupant, and who better to occupy it than the number 2 man in the state, your humble self.
Sir, suddenly you find yourself the running mate of the Presidential candidate, and emerged the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Little did you know that history will repeat itself (or did you know? especially following antecedents) in this instance, your chief is incapacitated, and you are being thrust in the full eye of the public, to be their chief servant.
My main grouse is, why you must allow events decide for you what to do. Why can't you step out for once and declare your intentions? A lot of people are calling you chicken-hearted to my distaste, and ascribe it to the view that you have something to hide.
Try as hard as I want to shake this thought off, the fact that its happened over and again makes it impossible for me to.
So dear sir, while this whole national brouhaha continues, I'd like you to dare your critics by stepping out and saying something concerning what you know your rights to be as the Vice President of a country whose President is incapacitated, dont just sit back and allow other people fight your fight.
I rest my case!

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