AS the remains of Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti laid in state at his Imaria residence that fateful evening in 2006,Mr Olisa Agbakoba beckoned to me and said: “Beko is cold in there. I recall all our struggles all over Lagos to have democracy. Now look at what those we handed the fruits of our struggle to are doing to us”.
He was not being frivolous as he led the Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, in those heady days when we confronted the Abacha dictatorship alongside veterans such as Chief Gani Fawehimi, Mr Alao Aka-Bashorun, Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti, Comrade Baba Omojola, Dr Osagie Obayuwana and Mr Femi Falana.There were other worthy crusaders in our midst like Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi,Sina Loremikan,Olusegun Mayegun,Omoyele Sowore, among many others.
They are like that Pastor in one joke whose belief was not in Jesus Christ but was preaching only to earn a living .One day he was teaching faith to his congregation, telling them to call on Christ in all situations. As he raised his hand telling his listeners that when tribulation comes they should not fear, the ceiling fan hit his raised fist and the man who was saying: “Call on Jeee…”, ended up shouting: “Sango oooo!”.
I recall in 1999 how an Igbo man came to Senator Abraham Adesanya in a bus he owned branded in AD color. He said it was his way of expressing gratitude for what his Yoruba neighbors did for him during the civil war. When he return from the East after the civil war, his Yoruba neighbours handed him all the rents they collected on his property during the war. He used that vehicle to campaign for Tinubu’s election.
Why must Lagos be freed? I have read some ignoramuses arguing that Lagos under APC is working and I scoffed at their idiocy. A state with an eight of Nigeria’s budget should today be like Dubai if the last 20 years have been under a people-friendly leader like Alhaji Lateef Jakande who governed the state for four years and have “Jakande Schools” and “Jakande Estates” named after him by the appreciative people all over the state almost 40 years after leaving office.
vanguardngr No wonder Tinubu came to Akure in 2012 and told us to convert all the Mega schools to mortuary, why won't such person prioritize a thug over sensible individuals, unfortunately, his apologetics will not want him to answer to this allegations but will be calling Obasanjo names.
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