The Rift In Rivers: The Emperor Vs His Bagman, by Ugoji Egbujo

The Emperor chose his trusted Bagman. He said he did it for the good of the state. The good of the state then was perhaps to clothe a potential state witness with immunity and bribe him with power. The political merchant of Obio Okpor is machiavellian.

To avoid the inadvertent creation of a monster while crafting a masquerade, the cunning and rapacious Emperor fixed a thousand leashes. Then, he hedged his protege with a horde of cackling hyenas. For his shiny clothes, an exaggerated sense of self-importance and attention-seeking penchant, some nicknamed him Nebuchadnezzar.

All the vital ministries were taken from him. To upstage the new governor’s insolent bemusement, the Emperor announced that he had hit the ground running by appointing commissioners before putting down the inauguration bible. Nebu is a pitless manipulator. The handcuffed dovish Bagman was supposed to be a silent and subservient simpleton. Nebu handpicked his chief of staff and chief security officer. The entire House of Assembly was filled with the Nebu’s henchmen and road dogs.

The preposterous idea, in however hue it is canvassed, that a shady agreement that mortgages a state to the whims, caprices and greed of one man must be treated as an inviolable covenant is a moral calamity. The evolution or mutation of the Bagman, whether inspired by virtue or vice, must be welcomed. Perhaps the Bagman got tired of the charade. The elaborate deceptive scheme to fleece the people while fanning them with political gimmickry, media chats and overpriced projects.

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