N'ASSEMBLY SAGA: A POLITICAL VOLCANO AND LAST MINUTE U-TURN

Source: thewillnigeria.com

Our nation, in the last couple of days has been experiencing a kind of political volcano and I am really flabbergasted and lost in the deep blue sea of super sophisticated national politics. Oh yes!

All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesman, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,  said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) strategised to truncate the CHANGE that Nigerians yearned for.

My heart pumped for oxygen as my slim frame almost collapsed. What is happening? Nobody could provide an  immediate answer as friends around me were also watching the event live on television with total concentration, on that unforgettable Tuesday.

Before we could say Jack, the cookies had crumbled.  There is no doubt that the  game of politics is deeper than the devil’s blue sea; which is why it is not advisable to beat one’s chest too hard when engaged in the political chess game. However,  I am quite optimistic that somewhere along the line,  parties will find a level playing ground and a new page will be open for new heart-breaking records at the National Assembly.

What do I mean? Oh my God. Just saying that it may not yet be Uhuru  at the National Assembly. There might just be the need for super political actors to meet at various locations during the wee hours in the next couple of days and weeks to perfect bottle-neck strategies. As the saying goes, you don’t steal from the mafias and live to enjoy it. To walk naked in the lion’s den  requires some fortification. The king  of the jungle  is a master hunter.

I want to believe that this Power Game would  create a paradigm shift in partisan politics anchored on Trust and Loyalty. These two concepts, will require modern day political definition so as to enable political craftsmen and women guide against last minute surprises. What happened at the National Assembly  was not only daring but was planned and executed by some of the smartest brains in the field of active partisan politics. Even the angels were surprised, so to speak.

I am pretty sure that the core  stakeholders  in the APC would  look inward and scrutinise some elements who are super agents of the PDP in its rank and file. I believe Lai Mohammed that there are some “black legs” in the APC working closely with non-progressives. The event of last Tuesday needs to be taken  to the political laboratory for proper investigation. Something went wrong and the planning was done long before May 29.

It appears that the PDP planted some political tacticians in the APC and time is now for these stock of ‘political  James Bond’  to be fished out through the use of scientific methodology and other known negative spirit detectors.  Lai Mohammed said “Senator Bukola Saraki is a technical member of the PDP.” What ever that coinage meant is a matter for political analysts to scrutinise.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s position is democratic, promising never to interfere with the internal affairs of the National Assembly  and promising  to work with the new principal officers. His congratulatory message to the duo seems  to have put paid to the controversy surrounding the exercise.

But the Lagos State APC through its mouth piece, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, has  rejected the development,  informing  Nigerians  that it is not yet over, until it is over.

What more can I say? I believe this is the beginning of many more surprises that will characterise the 8th National Assembly. Yes, more surprises are underway because relevant stakeholders will not go to bed until their own interest is protected in this political dispensation. Afterall, politics is the struggle for power and the reinforcement of that same power.

Tambuwal became speaker through this type of sophisticated political power game and he remained till the end of the 7th Assembly. Will history repeat itself? Can Saraki remain till the end of the 8th Assembly as Senate President? We’ll  keep our fingers crossed. The political class will need to fortify their ends because the game is now for the swift . Some players would  need to watch their back to avoid super surprises.

Fellow Nigerians, let us keep our fingers crossed and watch the event as they unfold in the next coming days and weeks. In all, our leaders should be focused to give our people reasonable quantity of dividends of democracy to cure the prevailing acute poverty, hunger, infrastructural decay and epileptic power supply. God bless Nigeria.

Written by  Dr. Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, M.NIIA.

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