By Oke Aruleba.
Blood they say is thicker than water. I cannot batter royal affinity for a spoonful of porridge!
Blood is thicker than water:the royal ties of consanguinity will not permit any blue-blooded scions of Akayejo’s royal family to betray their great progenitor, King Alowolodu bi Iyere!
A barage, nay an avalanche of criticism, petty jealousies resulting in scathing comments have greeted my candid portraiture in writing of the requisite experience and unparalleled pedigrees of the duo of BAO and MCA , the APC Gubernatorial candidates, from a handful persona non-grata. “Awon Olofo ton binu Ologo”: ruined individuals who are envious of the child of Destiny.
Should one be piloried for allowing one’s nib to puke the truth about BAO, a Seasoned Administrator and Technocrat?
Is it a crime to espouse the royal virtues of MCA, the blue-blooded Chief Okinlua of Ikere Ekiti?
Should one be permanently gagged for objectively unveiling matters arising in Ekiti Politics, that require an urgent paradigm shift with indepth veracity?
Undauntedly, I weighed these handful unsung armchair critics using the emotional intelligence scale.
They woefully returned a verdict of Men of slavery mindset.
I then found solace in the famous Theodore Roosevelt’s quote about striving valiantly and daring greatly:
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”
Whether you are doing it right or wrong, tongues must wag! Let the woodpeckers get their peaks busy!
” Bibi ire ko se fowora! Being a product of well- bred background cannot be bought even for a trillion dollars.
BAO is a prodigious Man nay an enigma, that cannot be comprehended by the feeble minded or “Keni Mani to nbinu ori” : an enemy of progress who is envious of his unbeatable achievements.
The enviable squad of BAO and MCA “lonse ru bawon,”meaning, they find the duo of BAO and MCA intimidating like the insurmountable Mountain Olympus.
The assuring News is that BAO/ MCA, should stand still and fear not, for all the apparent political Egyptians shall fizzle out before and after the Election!
Their apprehension arose from two fearful perspectives of BAO and MCA impressive profiles:
BAO surpasses all Other aspirants in terms of his excellent scores sheet in the Ekiti 2022 gubernatorial fitness Test.
He is a home- groomed Administrator and Technocrat.
He is Uniquely Loyal and God-fearing.
He has Meritoriously put 25 solid years into public service.
Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji stands in a more vantage position politically to coast home to victory in June 18,2022 Ekiti Gubernatorial Election.
He was Special Assistant (Parliamentary Affairs) to the the Governor of Ekiti State (8th June 199-2000)
He was Special Adviser (Parliamentary Affairs) to the Governor of Ekiti State (1st Aug. 2000-Sept. 2001);
Chief of Staff to the Governor of Ekiti State (September 2021-May 29, 2003);
Chairman, Governing Board, Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre, Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development (June 2009-December 2010);
Commissioner, Ministry of Integration and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Ekiti State (23rd December
MCA on her part, is a God-fearing woman and mother to all.
She is an Epitome of Success as she hails from the royal lineage of Successful Leaders.
Her leadership qualities are quintessential.
She is a woman of integrity.
She is accountably transparent as a lake.
She is Victory -personified and compassionate
She is Nobly and Royally fathered… a Daughter of Great Alowolodu/ Akayejo Royal Dynasty.
She is incorruptible and endowed with an impeccable character.
It is against the backdrop of the aforementioned that Ekiti should vote enmass for BAO and MCA in June 18 , 2022 Gubernatorial Election in Ekiti
Vote BAO
Vote MCA
Vote APC
In June 18, 2022 Gubernatorial Election and subsequent elections in EKITI STATE.
Dr Oke Aruleba
A university lecturer
An Indigene of Ikere Ekiti
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