By Oyebanji Faith John

The acquainted words of Martin Luther King Jr, is on its own fulfilling itself like the message of the Lord Jesus Christ, in our age. Our lives are beginning to end since we have refused to take the bull by the horn, becoming taciturn about things that definitely matters, while they threaten our existence and development.

The last State Assembly election in Nigeria as recorded, was full of a number of abnormalities, while bloodshed couldn't be unconnected from it. An eyely exemplification is the gross murder of a serving Federal honourable in Oyo State and a Senatorial candidate in the just-concluded election, Honourable Olatoye Temitope (acclaimed as Sugar).

Before the poll on the 9th of March, 2019, the people of Ife East Local Government Area are in perpetual demand for a government that will represent their interest at the State House of Assembly as against the current unintelligible representation and unforecasted emergence of a lackluster who brought no dividend of democracy to his constituents despite the aura facing his election at the 2015 elections.

Apart from the political sphere of the then Shagari-led democracy, the people of Modakeke with such a huge population had been suffering a number of setbacks in political cum social affairs.

We must be obliged to heed that Modakeke, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission, is the eight most populous community in Osun State and the 150th in Nigeria. With such prodigious counts, she cannot boast of an independent Local Government apart from the vague Local Council Development Area facilitated by the immediate past Governor of the State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, since her ownership of a local government was knocked-off in the 2000s.

Going down the memory lane, 2011 witnessed another attempt by the people of the community, as a son of the soil who was believed to lack the susceptibility for the task ahead, contested for the seat of the State Assembly, representing Ife East Constituency. 2014 got another morale, as a Governorship candidate emerged from the community, under the Social Demoractic Party's platform. Again, in 2015, the community had another contestant for the Ife East State Constituency's seat; but all couldn't emerge arising from a myriad of factors.

The last State House of Assembly election witnessed a greater boost as every right-thinking Modakekites opted for a "son-of-the-soil" choice, which was witnessed in the candidate of Accord Party being the 1st runner-up ahead of the candidate of the People's Democratic Party.

The result clearly showed the readiness of the people to get themselves freed from the shackles they have been subjected to since time immemorial. Although, with all these, the adopted candidate couldn't emerge due to the acts of our oppressors and their agents. The defection of the State Chairman/House of Representatives' candidate of Accord Party to the All Progressives Congress some hours to the election, the acts of some community leaders to deliver their constituency to their party, among many others, made a mirage of the election.

The most irritating was their usage of a popular proverb of the Yorubas in the Southwestern part of Nigeria, "Tí owó eni kò bá tíì te èékú idà, a kìí béèrè ikú tó pa baba eni" - when a sword-handle has not been placed in one's hands, one should never ask of the cause of his father's death. That to me and every right-thinking Nigerians is a fallacy of the highest order. In fact, I never regretted naming it as unintelligible, incinerated and obsolete.

The questions arising are, when will the sword handle be voluntarily placed in our hands, if we aren't ready to take it with sweat and blood? Will the murderers of our fathers go scot-free if we refuse to ask for the cause of their death? Should the peace widely-preached by His Royal Majesty, the Ooni of Ife not be sustained and maximized for productivity?

Our blind obsequiousness will decisively make a public show of us, if not properly checked. We have to rise across party length and breadth, to work for a common goal - of delivering our people from the bondage they've been placed or situated under. Our politician should work towards writing their names on a platter of gold, and not otherwise through protecting our communal interest and development above party-relevance. If we don't who will?


Oyebanji Faith John is a young Nigerian born in Modakeke, Osun State. He is the former Coordinator, Alliance of Nigerian Students against Neo-liberal Attacks, Ondo Branch. He can be contacted via: oyebanjijohn00@gmail.com

What exactly is the crux of your verbiage?

Apart from being unnecessarily prolix, your write-up lacks a clear direction. In addition, it contains certain contraditions that makes it quite unintelligible.

What exactly are you complaining about?

1. That you want a separate local government for Modakeke, a quarter within Ife?

2. That you want a shot at the leadership of Ife East LGA?

3. That Modakeke have never held political positions in at the LGA level in Ile-Ife?

4. That you are still in 'bondage' and Ife is responsible for that?

5. That your candidate in Accord Party lost and Ife is to be held responsible?

6. That elders in Modakeke defected and it was Ife that caused it?

7. That there were/are no Modakeke folks in APC and PDP?

8. That there are no Ife in Accord Party and it is solely a Modakeke fold?

9. That Ooni preaches peace and you want to continue to key into that with your fellow Ife brothers, some whom you may even be related to?

10. That despite Ooni's peace messages, you want to fight for the sword with sweat and blood? In other words, you are far away in Ondo but want to incite conflict in Ife?

OgboAto:
What exactly is the crux of your verbiage?

Apart from being unnecessarily prolix, your write-up lacks a clear direction. In addition, it contains certain contraditions that makes it quite unintelligible.

What exactly are you complaining about?

1. That you want a separate local government for Modakeke, a quarter within Ife?

2. That you want a shot at the leadership of Ife East LGA?

3. That Modakeke have never held political positions in at the LGA level in Ile-Ife?

4. That you are still in 'bondage' and Ife is responsible for that?

5. That your candidate in Accord Party lost and Ife is to be held responsible?

6. That elders in Modakeke defected and it was Ife that caused it?

7. That there were/are no Modakeke folks in APC and PDP?

8. That there are no Ife in Accord Party and it is solely a Modakeke fold?

9. That Ooni preaches peace and you want to continue to key into that with your fellow Ife brothers, some whom you may even be related to?

10. That despite Ooni's peace messages, you want to fight for the sword with sweat and blood? In other words, you are far away in Ondo but want to incite conflict in Ife?

OgboAto:
What exactly is the crux of your verbiage?

Apart from being unnecessarily prolix, your write-up lacks a clear direction. In addition, it contains certain contraditions that makes it quite unintelligible.

What exactly are you complaining about?

1. That you want a separate local government for Modakeke, a quarter within Ife?

2. That you want a shot at the leadership of Ife East LGA?

3. That Modakeke have never held political positions in at the LGA level in Ile-Ife?

4. That you are still in 'bondage' and Ife is responsible for that?

5. That your candidate in Accord Party lost and Ife is to be held responsible?

6. That elders in Modakeke defected and it was Ife that caused it?

7. That there were/are no Modakeke folks in APC and PDP?

8. That there are no Ife in Accord Party and it is solely a Modakeke fold?

9. That Ooni preaches peace and you want to continue to key into that with your fellow Ife brothers, some whom you may even be related to?

10. That despite Ooni's peace messages, you want to fight for the sword with sweat and blood? In other words, you are far away in Ondo but want to incite conflict in Ife?

Your submissions can easily be predicted to have been birth out of an irrational cognition. The author in his write-ups, merely identified the problems bedevilling the people of his home-town, and not the gibberish you are unleashing here.

From the questions raised, your overcast ratiocination is crystal-clear. The author only let-out the INEC population statistics, and the surrounding challenges. If such a community with the prodigious counts like such is having a local government, is it then a crime? If such is given the opportunity at that realm of affairs, then it is deliquent? LGA level? This gave me a tip about the writer whose reasoning is done from the anus. If you don't know history, then ask.

Hitherto, in the author's write-ups, did he linked the said "bondage" to Ife, but the inability to think straight of their "inwarders".

You could have made enough sense with your sense of English but it made a mess of you. The write-up, is enjoining about working across party-length.

If not for your blind obsequiousness, you could have read the author's opinion with your eyes wide-open. Where categorically has he stated anything about Ife or no Ife, except a charge to work from party-based loyalty to programme/personality-based loyalty.

Let me just conclude with President Muhammadu Buhari's letter to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, "Get well soon". And I reiterate GET WELL SOON!

Englishness...lol

Why are you u so irrational and hateful?

OgboAto:
What exactly is the crux of your verbiage?

Apart from being unnecessarily prolix, your write-up lacks a clear direction. In addition, it contains certain contraditions that makes it quite unintelligible.

What exactly are you complaining about?

1. That you want a separate local government for Modakeke, a quarter within Ife?

2. That you want a shot at the leadership of Ife East LGA?

3. That Modakeke have never held political positions in at the LGA level in Ile-Ife?

4. That you are still in 'bondage' and Ife is responsible for that?

5. That your candidate in Accord Party lost and Ife is to be held responsible?

6. That elders in Modakeke defected and it was Ife that caused it?

7. That there were/are no Modakeke folks in APC and PDP?

8. That there are no Ife in Accord Party and it is solely a Modakeke fold?

9. That Ooni preaches peace and you want to continue to key into that with your fellow Ife brothers, some whom you may even be related to?

10. That despite Ooni's peace messages, you want to fight for the sword with sweat and blood? In other words, you are far away in Ondo but want to incite conflict in Ife?

cornoil:
Why are you u so irrational and hateful?

Irrational and hateful from asking basic questions that would have cleared up my confusion and probably many other people? You are the hateful one who sees hate in the well-meaning actions of other people. My questions were asked to see if the author preaches divisiveness and possibly, course towards conflict. You could see words such as 'blood', 'fight' and such in his post.

ConcernedYouths:
By Oyebanji Faith John

The acquainted words of Martin Luther King Jr, is on its own fulfilling itself like the message of the Lord Jesus Christ, in our age. Our lives are beginning to end since we have refused to take the bull by the horn, becoming taciturn about things that definitely matters, while they threaten our existence and development.

The last State Assembly election in Nigeria as recorded, was full of a number of abnormalities, while bloodshed couldn't be unconnected from it. An eyely exemplification is the gross murder of a serving Federal honourable in Oyo State and a Senatorial candidate in the just-concluded election, Honourable Olatoye Temitope (acclaimed as Sugar).

Before the poll on the 9th of March, 2019, the people of Ife East Local Government Area are in perpetual demand for a government that will represent their interest at the State House of Assembly as against the current unintelligible representation and unforecasted emergence of a lackluster who brought no dividend of democracy to his constituents despite the aura facing his election at the 2015 elections.

Apart from the political sphere of the then Shagari-led democracy, the people of Modakeke with such a huge population had been suffering a number of setbacks in political cum social affairs.

We must be obliged to heed that Modakeke, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission, is the eight most populous community in Osun State and the 150th in Nigeria. With such prodigious counts, she cannot boast of an independent Local Government apart from the vague Local Council Development Area facilitated by the immediate past Governor of the State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, since her ownership of a local government was knocked-off in the 2000s.

Going down the memory lane, 2011 witnessed another attempt by the people of the community, as a son of the soil who was believed to lack the susceptibility for the task ahead, contested for the seat of the State Assembly, representing Ife East Constituency. 2014 got another morale, as a Governorship candidate emerged from the community, under the Social Demoractic Party's platform. Again, in 2015, the community had another contestant for the Ife East State Constituency's seat; but all couldn't emerge arising from a myriad of factors.

The last State House of Assembly election witnessed a greater boost as every right-thinking Modakekites opted for a "son-of-the-soil" choice, which was witnessed in the candidate of Accord Party being the 1st runner-up ahead of the candidate of the People's Democratic Party.

The result clearly showed the readiness of the people to get themselves freed from the shackles they have been subjected to since time immemorial. Although, with all these, the adopted candidate couldn't emerge due to the acts of our oppressors and their agents. The defection of the State Chairman/House of Representatives' candidate of Accord Party to the All Progressives Congress some hours to the election, the acts of some community leaders to deliver their constituency to their party, among many others, made a mirage of the election.

The most irritating was their usage of a popular proverb of the Yorubas in the Southwestern part of Nigeria, "Tí owó eni kò bá tíì te èékú idà, a kìí béèrè ikú tó pa baba eni" - when a sword-handle has not been placed in one's hands, one should never ask of the cause of his father's death. That to me and every right-thinking Nigerians is a fallacy of the highest order. In fact, I never regretted naming it as unintelligible, incinerated and obsolete.

The questions arising are, when will the sword handle be voluntarily placed in our hands, if we aren't ready to take it with sweat and blood? Will the murderers of our fathers go scot-free if we refuse to ask for the cause of their death? Should the peace widely-preached by His Royal Majesty, the Ooni of Ife not be sustained and maximized for productivity?

Our blind obsequiousness will decisively make a public show of us, if not properly checked. We have to rise across party length and breadth, to work for a common goal - of delivering our people from the bondage they've been placed or situated under. Our politician should work towards writing their names on a platter of gold, and not otherwise through protecting our communal interest and development above party-relevance. If we don't who will?


Oyebanji Faith John is a young Nigerian born in Modakeke, Osun State. He is the former Coordinator, Alliance of Nigerian Students against Neo-liberal Attacks, Ondo Branch. He can be contacted via: oyebanjijohn00@gmail.com

Your whole thread fails on the misinterpretation you gave to that proverb.

The right interpretation of that proverb is "until your hand is strong enough to hold the hilt of a sword, you don't go looking for who killed your father" that proverb didn't say you should wait till they give you the sword, it's simply advising you to only enter a battle you stand a chance to win. In order words, "discretion is important"

I'm not saying the modakeke people don't deserve a better deal o but if the premise of your tirade is faulty ab initio, then it becomes difficult for your message to gain traction.

ConcernedYouths:


Your submissions can easily be predicted to have been birth out of an irrational cognition. The author[b] in his write-ups[/b], merely identified the problems bedevilling the people of his home-town, and not the gibberish you are unleashing here.

From the questions raised, your overcast ratiocination is crystal-clear. The author only let-out the INEC population statistics, and the surrounding challenges. If such a community with the prodigious counts like such is having a local government, is it then a crime? If such is given the opportunity at that realm of affairs, then it is deliquent? LGA level? This gave me a tip about the writer whose reasoning is done from the anus. If you don't know history, then ask.

Hitherto, in the author's write-ups, did he linked the said "bondage" to Ife, but the inability to think straight of their "inwarders".

You could have made enough sense with your sense of English but it made a mess of you. The write-up, is enjoining about working across party-length.

If not for your blind obsequiousness, you could have read the author's opinion with your eyes wide-open. Where categorically has he stated anything about Ife or no Ife, except a charge to work from party-based loyalty to programme/personality-based loyalty.

Let me just conclude with President Muhammadu Buhari's letter to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, "Get well soon". And I reiterate GET WELL SOON!

I'm a long-term internet bully and I can run you out of the page if it comes down to it but I'm too busy and will not get in the gutter with you.

However, I'll implore you to write in simple and clear English. Yes, you want to 'blow' grammar because, like the average, half-baked Nigerian graduate, you think it makes you look intelligent. Read through your own post again and see how you've made a solid mess of English. Whatever academic certificate you have should be withdrawn, you are a total embarrassment to whatever schools you passed through.

While it is legal and very reasonable to clamour for a LGA, it is also important to assess the history of the geographical area for which LGA is being requested. Before an LGA is given, the history of the area is considered. Also, in the time past, the LGA question has been a matter of contention between the two peoples [who are highly intermarried and very related]. In essence, what I am saying is, the matter of LGA is a touchy topic and your post, which was 'demanding' an LGA could contribute to setting fire to the inter-group relations of the peoples who have managed to re-build the environment and peaceful co-existence over the years. What those two groups need is integration abeg, take your pseudo-activism elsewhere. It is not for Modakeke nor Ife people.

I wish you all the best.