By Modiu Olaguro
“Politicians and diapers
must be changed often, and for the same reason.”—Mark Twain.
In the last one
month, the eyes of the nation was fixated on Lagos. Like a child’s play, the rumour of the
governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, not getting a second term in office began and to the
consternation of all, the rigmarole culminated in his ousting in a manner
without precedents in the state. The All Progressives Congress (APC), being a
party whose modus operandi relate in every way, shape or form with its siamese
cousin, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governors ordinarily take their
second terms for granted, with the parties throwing the seat at them under the
guise of first refusal however bleak a future they may have carved for their
respective states.
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| *Jide Sanwo-Olu, Bola Tinubu and Gov Akinwunmi Ambode |
With this in the know, coupled with the financial
wherewithal of Lagos which could make even the least skillful occupant of the
throne claim some glory from the people, Ambode, in a hubristic fashion wore
the cloak of invincibility, deluding himself that should worst come to worse,
the party would fear the backlash a move that could deny him a second term
would generate.
