So, this poisoned carrot of an Ibadan State is bound to
backfire. It will not work. Yes, I don’t mind an Ibadan State,
but of what use having Ibadan State now when it will end
up always going to Abuja to beg for a meagre monthly
allocation?
There have always been some asinine, farcical and insincere features to the politicking and electioneering in Nigeria. Nothing has ever been normal or straightforward with politicians; they are not only involved in one corruption scandal or the other, they are equally involved in bloodletting and mudslinging. This particular trait of “insincere, do-or-die politics” is unique to Nigeria. Please, I stand to be corrected and educated. Let me state from the onset that my sympathy lies with the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), so most of what I will be saying will of course be biased against the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). But what I say should be weighed and balanced with truth, common sense and sincerity of purpose, because I have no other reason than to say things the way I see them.
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