May 29th: Beyond Fallacies And Wishful Thinking -The Million Little Pieces Together

which makes it possible for them to partake in the process. At different instances, PVCs were found in far places from where they ought to be; Lagos PVCs found in Abuja, not in INEC office but on the streets dumped. With high hopes on the technology deployed to register the results as it were people s ll went into the elec on. The technology deployed failed to deliver as promised. That is a ma er for historians to deal with. Done and dusted leaving all else to the courts. The Courts.

back. Come let us anew”

JAMES Frey at 23 realized he had destroyed his body and mind almost beyond repairs so much so he appeared soulless. He self-submi ed himself to a rehabilita on center to try to reclaim his life, to make something tangible out of the thoroughly messed up life of his. He had to fight to determine the future if he has any.

Like Frey, May 29th presents our country another chance to reset. Reset, because more than ever before, trust has been broken into a million li le pieces here. In the en re ecology of our na onal life, every hope seems to have been eroded by doubts. Like Tai Solarin opined long ago in one of his ar cles, come let us anew.

With high hopes, everyone is looking forward to the miraculous turning point for Nigeria. A lot of Nigerians thought the 2023 elec ons would have done that for us. But that was never to happen.

A build up to the 2023 elec ons, there were a lot of hues and cries that people felt they were deliberately being disenfranchised. That it was herculean ge ng the Permanent Voter Card (PVC)

May 29 is just around the corner and we need to see beyond that calendar date. What does it portend for the Naon Nigeria, the na onali es and the various blocks. Nigeria is on the precipice. Truth be told. We have to really speak to the ques on of how we wish to move on. A lot of pundits have considered the bungling or unbundling the cons tu on presently opera onal in the na on. There is an imbalance according to some sec ons and the same appears inconsequen al. The la er group believe the cons tu on is best as it were. Some are of the view that the na on needs to be restructured and resource control is on the front burner for others. How ready are we going into the new regimen with all of these kaleidoscopic encumbrances?

The umpire announced that Asiwaju Tinubu won the elec on. The other pares were told to go to court and they have approached the courts. When the courts will open the cases is an exclusive preserve of the courts.

The winner, to many, should make an effort at establishing a greater than us kind of working rela onship with the other key candidates in the elec on that is flawed because of unkept promises that people are wai ng for the courts to speak to.

At mes like this, people are always looking for answers. To some people, our poli cal leaders have Machiavelli mindset which makes their quest for power structured, planned and always about themselves. In such instances, the people are at a loss confused by the disconnect. Nigeria’s president in wai ng is not very visible. Taking a cue from Davido’s song, Unavailable, Asiwaju is not available because he is res ng somewhere. However, to those who have read the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, Law 16 is at play here. Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honour. Too much circula on makes the price go down. The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear. Create value through scarcity. Law 17 says, keep others in suspended terror. Which way forward? Do you shave a man’s head behind his back? The main protagonist in a drama is within the theatre but not on stage, crea ng a semblance of the theatre of the absurd.

Pointedly, we must keep projec ng whether the main man is available or unavailable.

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On the 29th of May, Nigerians are looking forward to a new horizon, wai ng for the li ing speech from Asiwaju Tinubu. The people are wai ng for him to make the seeming semblance of the Abeokuta declara ons about the lack lustre policies on cash, on elec on and emilokan. Chief of the desires of the people will be an apology for the broken promises, the failed a empts to reflate the economy, the insecurity across the land and the inability of the APC administra on before his to meet up.

The people expect declara ons about wage in-

Chieftaincy Review C’ttee Recommends Fresh Process For Akinrun, Aree Stools

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According to the sources, the recommenda ons of the commi ee will be considered any me from June.

However, the medium spoke with a member of the commi ee to confirm the recommenda on on Akinrun and Aree stools.

The member confirmed that the appointment of Famodun as the Owa of Igbajo was retained while fresh process was recommended for the selec on of new Aree of Iree.

The commi ee member refused to comment on Akinrun stool.

Another member of the commi ee told OSUN DEFENDER that the commi ee was very fair and objec ve in the review exercise.

He disclosed that the commi ee members rejected inducement from some people who were par es to the cases being reviewed.

He said: “Our commi ee was sincere and had no bias in our report. No one influenced what we did and our submissions in the report. All the decisions we reached were unanimous. Members of the public will be very happy with the report when it is released. It carefully punctured the sides of fault for those who were at fault and the right things for those who did things the right way.

“We were not biased and we did not use the process of government to threaten anyone. Whoever has a clear cut process will retain his seat while those who run afoul of the law may be asked to restart the process all over again.

“I cannot say what our verdict is on Ikirun, Igbajo and Iree kingships. What I can tell you is that nobody influenced our decisions. The report has been submitted to the government.

“No member took a dime from anybody; of course people made offer to us, they brought money but we did not accept it. We were very fair to everybody. Nobody was witch-hunted in the report. Everything that transpired on the whole issue was taken note of and was considered in the prepara on of the report of the commi ee.

“If the affected kings know that what former governor Adegboyega Oyetola did was normal, they do not have reasons to fear at all. It is only those whose appointments did not follow due process that the commi ee recommend fresh process to the Governor. However, the government reserves the right to make a final decision on it.

“We followed the scope and terms of reference which asked us to only review what was done a er

July 16, 2022 governorship elec on. We did not touch decisions made before July 16. We only did what the Governor told us to do.”

It would be recalled that the commi ee had on January 3, 2023 submi ed its report to Adeleke.

Chairman of the committee, Revd. Bunmi Jenyo, said over 1,000 pe ons were received from aggrieved individuals on chie aincy matters in the state.

Crises had engulfed some towns following the alleged imposi on of monarchs by Oyetola a er he lost his second term elec on.

However, Adeleke set up the Chie aincy Affairs Review Commi ee to inves gate controversies surrounding kingship appointments made a er the July 16 governorship elec on.

The Governor assured that his administra on would study the report and the recommenda ons, promising that no one would be witch-hunted.

He said rule of law and due process would be applied in se ling controversy surrounding the selec on and approval of tradi onal rulers during the immediate past administra on.

Gboleru Ruling House Calls For Release of White Paper

This is just as the Gboleru ruling house in Ikirun