Not Soyinka’s King Babu

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OPINION: Not Soyinka’s King Babu

The most public aspects of this King Babu are his absent-mindedness toward his responsibilities, and his fastidious attendance to details about things that affect his person, his family, political friends, and his ethnic constituency. To him, what touches us shall first be served, contrary to Julius Ceaser, who thinks otherwise.

Even when the social media is awash with stories and photographs of his kinsmen being clandestinely transported in droves, during a lockdown, across states’ boundaries, while hiding in the hollows of cement mixers, petrol tanks, and containers affixed to articulated vehicles, in the manner of the Trojan Horse, King Babu is unperturbed. Maybe he is happy about it.

King Babu will not like to be reminded that even as he had no qualms locking down the seat of power of Wakanda, he needed to ensure compliance with the restrictions that he graciously imposed on interstate travels. Maybe all animals are not equal. Whilst his former boss observed the required protocol of wearing the nose mask, King Babu, as is his wont, was pointedly sans nose mask. People are now wondering whether King Babu doesn’t believe there is such a thing called coronavirus.

But no one is willing to swear to that. These things are only in the realm of speculation, and cannot be verified. Somebody has thrown up his hands in resignation, saying, until then. Another has put it slightly differently. He says, let’s wait and see. Those deft in the use of the English language say both are saying the same thing. It may well be so.

 

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Hmmmm. Now I understand who King Babu is. Kudos to Prof. Soyinka on this

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