Vunderkind
Social Member
The past week has seen Nigerians hurling rocks at the Presidential convoy during campaign rallies. In any other job, this reaction from a crowd has only one meaning: the people are displeased with the man whom they stone.
In politics, corollaries and alternative theories always intersect: some say the 'stoners' are opposition-sponsored, while the opposition says the incumbent hired the people itself to make them look bad.
Whatever.
Anway, this brings to mind something that happened in February 2012. It happened when the then governor of Bayelse, Timipre Sylva, was deposed and Seriake Dickson took his place.
Jonathan accused Sylva of failing the state.
He said Sylva failed to execute key projects in the state and reneged on his campaign promises.
Then (this is the interesting part) he tuned to Dickson, his beloved, and said unto him: “You have brought people from Abuja to Yenagoa today. The only thing I want to tell you in the presence of Bayelsa State is that I was here in this place some months ago and Bayelsans stoned the governor [Sylva]. You must work hard to make sure that Bayelsans don’t stone you. The day I come here and Bayelsans stone you, I will follow and stone you.”
Fastforward to Wednesday, January 21, 2015.
Life is funny like that sometimes.
In politics, corollaries and alternative theories always intersect: some say the 'stoners' are opposition-sponsored, while the opposition says the incumbent hired the people itself to make them look bad.
Whatever.
Anway, this brings to mind something that happened in February 2012. It happened when the then governor of Bayelse, Timipre Sylva, was deposed and Seriake Dickson took his place.
Jonathan accused Sylva of failing the state.
He said Sylva failed to execute key projects in the state and reneged on his campaign promises.
Then (this is the interesting part) he tuned to Dickson, his beloved, and said unto him: “You have brought people from Abuja to Yenagoa today. The only thing I want to tell you in the presence of Bayelsa State is that I was here in this place some months ago and Bayelsans stoned the governor [Sylva]. You must work hard to make sure that Bayelsans don’t stone you. The day I come here and Bayelsans stone you, I will follow and stone you.”
Fastforward to Wednesday, January 21, 2015.
Life is funny like that sometimes.
