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| Onyekachi Ugwu |
Consequently,
in this write-up, the great political wordsmith, Onyekachi Ugwu, corrects that erroneous and specious impression. Sit
back and enjoy it.
Of UDENU/IGBO EZE
NORTH CONSTITUENCY: LAIRS ON THE PROWL
They
claim I talk as if I know anything. But I maintain that whenever I talk, it is
from the depth of what I know to be true (not even in relative sense). Whenever
they come smoking and exhaling these lines of frustration, I smile, knowing
that the truth is sinking and dawning on them by the day.
However,
I can only understand that such terse conclusion is their own style of
blackmail designed to cajole me and inject doubt in the minds of my political
audience. One thing they failed to even appreciate is that while I was with
them, they held me as a cult figure and swallowed my words with the
voraciousness of an over famished lioness. They hailed each input by intoning Kpokponge Kpokponge with ceaseless
relish in adulation.
At
such times they consulted me morning and night and even relied on me to know a
thing or two. Back then, they did not remember that I was a POLITICAL NOBODY, a
flank and side politician whose voice is heard only by him.
After
some few moments of deeper reflections, I can only but conclude that their
actions, today, signal the truth about their frustration and obvious confusion
of mind. At such times, lies become the privilege of men who have lost bearing
in the enterprise of politics.
How do I then summarize
them?
I can
conveniently say that they lie as if they don't know a thing. But they know.
They only choose to ignore the truth I speak to them in a desperate bid to postpone
the dooms day. But do lies postpone a doomsday? Evidently no. It can only buy
one a measure of time.
Now
they are on their lies again. Lies designed to hide the truth. Lies designed to
maintain stranglehold on their few remaining supporters. While supporters of
other aspirants are increasing by the day, their keep depleting. It’s then only
commonsensical that they generate all manners of lie to keep the remnants under
lock and key.
Only
last week, they raised the bar of lies which have become their privileges and
which they cuddle like they have reached cloud 7. Constituents of Udenu/ Igbo-Eze North Federal
Constituency are being inundated with the lies that National Working Committee
of PDP has given automatic ticket to all PDP members of the National Assembly.
The
lie was so intense that a supporter of the aspirants to the House of
Representatives told me that he was already concluding arrangements to leave
the constituency and never step home till after 4 years. A sudden paroxysm of
laughter gripped my mouth. Tried as I may to calm his fears, he was insistent
that I may not have gotten it right this time around. I let him be.
This
morning, a close confidant in the camp of our House of Representatives member
called me with certain urgency in his voice. He told me plainly that the deed
had been done and that their camp will cost home to victory as only one form will
be sent down to Enugu for each constituency. He even told me that their
principal is not consulting anybody anymore. I didn't want to puncture his joy
bag. I only wished him good luck.
Lies
create illusion in the hearts of artful dodgers. It warps their thinking and
propels them a delusion. My confident is certainly drinking from the pool of
illusion. I can only pity him. They will come here to claim that I speak
audaciously as if I know anything. But I don't bother knowing a thing. But let
them spare me this even if for a second.
DNA
has no automatic ticket. PDP is not giving him one. Peoples’ power to reject a leadership
that is not working has triumphed and no quantum of lies can change the will of
the people to have someone who will represent them as representation demands.
Do I
know a thing? No! But this one I know aligns with those other ones I knew for
which they hailed KPOKPONGE KPOKPONGE as if reciting their catechism.
Dateline:
SEPTEMBER
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