Kogi’s 'Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta' and Nigeria’s Head of the Medusa, By Festus Adedayo - Premium Times Opinion

Three things appear very tragic in last week’s Kogi governorship/senatorial elections. They are, first, the video that went viral of the young Kogi ladies chanting the panegyrics of Governor Yahaya Bello at a pre-election rally in the state; the violence that ended the lives of some people and the “anyone who is aggrieved should go to the courts” reaction of President Muhammadu Buhari to the “victory” of Bello.

Greek mythology explains the head of Medusa thus: Medusa was reputed to be a monster or a Gorgon whose feature was that of a winged human being but who was a female. Rather than the female longish hairs, Medusa had venomous snakes making each of the strands of her hairs. Anyone who looked at these scary snakes that made up Medusa’s hairs instantly turned into stone. After being in existence for centuries, Medusa was said to have died on an island that was called Sapedon, near Cisthene.

At several fora where I was asked what hope Nigeria had to navigate from her current stasis, groping for an answer without one, I turned to electoral sanctity. All other escape routes appeared very sterile and non-feasible. While coup is outdated and should not be encouraged by any one, the other most practicable path, I told my listeners, was to have a benevolent dictator emerge through the electoral box.

With all the accounts of electoral violence that occurred in Kogi, ordinarily, President Buhari should be acutely worried. His worry should stem from widespread negative comments – both within and without – that have trailed the Kogi election.

For 2023 and the elections that remain in some states, it is frightening. The Bello model would be the most fascinating to governors. I project that any subsequent election that the All Progressives Congress is going to be involved in that has no Bello as an adviser would be unadvisable. Once the kingpin is brought in, the ta-ta-ta-ta-ta political methodology would be on loan to the states that desire it. And Nigeria will continue her walk in the dark.

The video evidence of Ta...Ta..Ta is death by billets according to the online videos

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