By Simeon Ugbodovon An adage in Yoruba says ‘Atokere lo loju jinjin ti ma n mekun sun’, meaning preemptive preparation is a means of salvaging shortfall.
Every household in our village fully understand the weight of this proverb.
So whenever gape vine filters around that the abyss beneath has come for his due, enemies of the victim of the holder of the dreaded cudgel, who at the news grin within, prepare themselves for the crocodile tears without.
This is often the case when the departed opens the door for tussles among the ruling houses.
When the demise is fully confirmed to be true, rhythmic beats begins to ooze steadily from the village square, and rises in tempo as the appointed days of rites and burials are announced.
Welcome to our village square! Want to know the name we go by?
Ilu Tembelekun Ajoji! (Land of Strange Intrigues), where the village square also is potpourri of serving underground condiments.
In this column in Capitop, we shall be examining the emerging trends and issues in Tembelekun Ajoji Village: the good, the bad, the queer and ugly.
The analyses are going to be scintillating, insightful and objective, with posers and suspense!
Don’t miss this weekly appetiser. And mind you, we speak in parables.
2027 is less than two years,
and already the drums are beating, the tempo of their percussion is on a gradual climb.
Hear the rumbles filtering in from the horizon! Politicians are not going to loiter and be caught napping before 2027.
They already oiling their arsenal. It is all about who draws the first blood, who blinks first.
Drums are beating in SDP, with clinks of glasses. A very big fish has just flown downstream into their pool
He is a former governor in Kaduna, who has gone to town to advertise that his romance with APC is over.
And that is not the end of the matter, his son is honking it on social media.
And guess what? There are permutations that the new elixir SDP is emitting might start alluring political bigwigs.
Are we likely to witness articulate obedience to the whining of the SDP engine, oiling and smoothing its sound?
Surely the big sticks of the lion will come down cracking in display of ‘Fed’ might against dissenters and those partying on the political turf.
Hmm, but then, horse lashes though tiny might equally leave unforgettable scars on big stick wielders.
Time will tell, but then let us never miss the gathering of amebos at Tembelekun Ajoji Square.
