By Dr Aruleba Oke
Ekiti State ,the land of honour and dignity and a fountain of knowledge has for long been in the grasp of political jobbers.
The political jobbers’ grip of the Soul of Ekiti is near asphyxiation degree.
As promising as Ekiti State is from inception, the political climate created by the political jobbers or people who have no business in governance has propelled our dearest state into a near state of political anomie.
A political jobber appears quintessential but he has no good intentions. His main concern in politics is to feather his nest at the detriment of the citizenry.
One surest way to identify a political jobber is that he doesn’t have permanent political foes or allies but a permanent interest( courting the highest bidder)
A political jobber is an expert political pundit, who has the knack for making a mince meat of his political opponents, irrespective of his affinity with them. He is an ingrate in all ramifications.
He is well versed in the global political histories and their antecedents.
His manifesto is hinged on giving fish to the masses not teaching them how to fish.
He is also a rabble rouser.
A political jobber is expert at currying favour by artfully deploying the vehicle of thespian acts when he is losing out.
A political strumpet does not have conscience so far he can take advantage of the prevailing socio-economic and political ill-winds blowing through Ekiti political landscape.
He deploys hunger as a tool , nay impoverishment is a potent tool at the disposal of a self-serving political mistletoe for vote buying. He is positive that the electorate who have been sadly incapacitated or crippled by poverty mentality will swallow the bait of vote buying during elections hook , line and sinker!
Regrettably, Ekiti State has protractedly suffered perturition under the watch of Ekiti Patriots!
Now is the time to take the winds out of the sail of the political jobbers. Arise dear Ekiti compatriots.
Awake from your deep slumber and wrest the gauntlets of our dear state from the wicked and wild grip of the political whores, who have sold out Ekiti people for a pittance.
In the moving words of advice from Shakespeare’s Cassius Casca to Noble Decius Brutus: ” If Rome shall suck the revival blood, it shall come from Noble Brutus”
In the same token, It is not a futile optimism that the long expected Ekiti State revival blood shall be delivered through the APC gubernatorial candidate, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, BAO, a celebrated administrator and highly cerebral technocrat and the Deputy Governor, Princess Chief Monisade Christianah Afuye, MCA when voted as Governor in June 18th, 2022 .
A vote for the Duo is a vote for freedom, prosperity and development in Ekiti State.
(Dr Aruleba Oke ,
A university lecturer,
Ikere Ekiti Indigene
08027906799
leorexinitiatives@gmail.com)