Renowned poet, Prof. Niyi Osundare, has
decried the process leading to the emergence
of Senator Bukola Saraki as the President of
the Senate.
Osundare said in a poem titled “Blues for the
New Senate King,” that Saraki not only
betrayed his party, the All Progressives
Congress, but also betrayed Nigerians who
were eager for change.
The poem was published by an online medium,
Sahara Reporters, on Monday.
The poet said Saraki only thinks of himself
and that was why he was willing to give the
Deputy Senate Presidency to the Peoples
Democratic Party in order to achieve his aim.
The social critic said Saraki’s behaviour
should not be surprising since he comes from a
political family.
The poem read, “Behold, the people ask: Who
will save us from our prostitutes in power?
He wanted so desperately to be king of the
Senate. He left the path of honour behind.
Haba!
“He stabbed noble faith and trust in the back
and put the traitor’s knife on the bonds that
bind. Power-intoxicated, blinded by ambition,
he only cares for three big people: ‘I, me and
myself’.
“A renegade old book with phoney letters;
vacuous, thumb-stained on history’s shelf. His
feet never know the way to the house of
honour. Integrity is visibly missing in his
diction of deceit.
“He sold us cheap in the commerce of the
backroom caucus. Coming back later with a
false receipt. Cocky without conscience, rude
without restraint, he traded away a victory
won with our sweat and blood.
“A discredited enemy behind his tarnished
banner; he trampled the people’s hope in the
shameful mud. The fruit never falls far from
its tree; true scion of a cold and crooked clan.
Broken banks, broken dreams, and broken
lives, he’s a fitting heir to a dubious
pedigree.”
Osundare described Nigerian politicians as
unscrupulous individuals who smell like
corpses. He said it would be difficult to
expect loyalty from such people when they
were always defecting.
He said as long as Nigerians remain
unconcerned about politics, leaders would
continue to take the people for granted.
In the second stanza of the poem, Osundare
criticised politicians in general, saying they
lacked shame.
He said, “PDP in the morning, Labour at noon,
APC at night; wind-vane politicians with
multiple tongues. They plod through life like
shameless masquerades. Their trails are
littered by a litany of wrongs. Our rulers
stink like festering corpses.
“Their crimes choke the startled world.
Honourless, ruthless, with hearts of stone in
league, all times, with treacherous forces;
prostitute dealers, perfidious scoundrels.
They sell us short in every market.
“Devoid of scruple, averse to sense, they
blight the ballot and steal our votes.
“They cast us adrift on the swindled oceans
with tattered sails and leaking boat. And we
the people are the absent factor bought, sold,

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Who is he

mistabiola:
Who is he

Osundare needs to take a bow ASAP
http://www.punchng.com/feature/hotseat/agrieved-senators-have-already-taken-a-bow-before-saraki-dino-melaye/

imhotep:

Osundare needs to take a bow ASAP
http://www.punchng.com/feature/hotseat/agrieved-senators-have-already-taken-a-bow-before-saraki-dino-melaye/

Cool, even tinubu will soon take a bow too.

mistabiola:


Cool, even tinubu will soon take a bow too.

Yes, he will bow to REAL CHANGE, not the rubbish he has been scheming.

Some people will die on top Tinubu matter mtscheeeeewwwww

tinuolababy:
Some people will die on top Tinubu matter mtscheeeeewwwww

Tinubu will die on top other people matter mtscheeeeewwwww

imhotep:

Tinubu will die on top other people matter mtscheeeeewwwww

Make ur point and gerrrout must u quote me

tinuolababy:


Make ur point and gerrrout must u quote me

But I made my point na.

Title: “Blues for the New Senate King”
Poet: Prof Niyi Osundare

“Behold, the people ask: Who
will save us from our prostitutes n power?
He wanted so desperately to be king of the
Senate. He left the path of honour behind.
Haba!
“He stabbed noble faith and trust in the back
and put the traitor’s knife on the bonds that
bind. Power-intoxicated, blinded by ambition,
he only cares for three big people: ‘I, me and
myself’.
“A renegade old book with phoney letters;
vacuous, thumb-stained on history’s shelf. His
feet never know the way to the house of
honour. Integrity is visibly missing in his
diction of deceit.
“He sold us cheap in the commerce of the
backroom caucus. Coming back later with a
false receipt. Cocky without conscience, rude
without restraint, he traded away a victory
won with our sweat and blood.
“A discredited enemy behind his tarnished
banner; he trampled the people’s hope in the
shameful mud. The fruit never falls far from
its tree; true scion of a cold and crooked clan.
Broken banks, broken dreams, and broken
lives, he’s a fitting heir to a dubious
pedigree.”

Laffs,Osundare you are not more Nigerian than any.so cold down.How much did you spend in APC's campaign?I see many heart break the day Ekweremadu will presides senate plenary.

my initial fear over the manner in which the PDP decamped governors were allowed to take over APC structures in the states especially kwara is what Saraki just confirmed. APC may have to contend with many more of these trust betrayals from those who joined them for the sole reason of getting Jonah out of power, not actually desiring change.

tinuolababy:
Some people will die on top Tinubu matter mtscheeeeewwwww

Anyone you see here criticising or attempting to run down Tinubu at the slightest chance is no doubt an avowed enemy of the yoruba race. Either the fellow is from the SE or he is a corrupted mole within the SW. Do a check, no any other political leader from other nigerian ethnic region has been so much targeted as Tinubu. His crime simply is having the audacity to stand up for the protection of the yoruba interest when other sw leaders had compromised to sell the race into perpetual slavery. Tinubu was there when people from other ethnic regions attempted to plunder the race with the assumption that the yorubas were leaderless after the demise of Pa Awo. Tinubu notwithstanding his shortcomings and imperfections remains a respected leading light of the yorubas at the political front. Every deal he makes the interest of the race is always paramount to him.

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