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Okowa; Leadership, Deviance and Decisiveness -By Jerome-Mario Utomi
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In journalism parlance, the Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho story is unfolding; it is yet to reach what in literary terms is called the denouement. Denouement is defined as “the final part of a play, film or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved” It may take some time before the Igboho story reaches its “final part” when all “the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved” It is, however, also a running story, again in journalistic terms; meaning that fresh angles, fresh facts, fresh figures emerge every day as the story inches towards its final port of call. In this age of social media, “fresh” facts, figures, rumours, fake and outlandish news on Igboho rule the waves per second; one contradicting the other, and one knocking off the other. This will likely continue until the stage of a denouement is reached. With Igboho already having his day in court in the nei
Sunday Igboho and the Malala Yousafzai spirit, By Babafemi A. Badejo
The Federal Government can only shoot a body or jail a person. They cannot shoot his/her dreams.
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Sunday Igboho’s dream of a just, fair, equitable treatment for his people has already been kindled and it cannot be killed through incarceration or elimination. In fact, the FGN is unwittingly making Sunday Igboho a martyr when he should not have been one, among a sophisticated and highly educated people. But since the Yoruba lack selfless visionary leaders, there is room for an activist like Sunday Igboho.
I am an admirer of Malala Yousafzai, the young Pashtun girl who was literally shot into fame, allegedly by the Taliban. Since fate got me to write my Ph.D dissertation, submitted to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), on Pakistan, I have always had a soft spot for the country. I spent about six months of field trip in the country in 1981 and it was a beautiful learning experience.
The battle to renew the Nigerian union based on equity, justice and fairness has undoubtedly gained some significant traction. It is perhaps only the standpatters that are recalcitrant to this quest because of short-term gains from a badly skewed state structure. The path of wisdom is to negotiate and do the right thing for the interest of present and unborn generations in line with changing global dynamics so that our country becomes truly a place where peace and justice shall reign. This is the inclination of the Southern governors who within a space of two months gathered twice to underscore basic demands germane to the oneness and peace of the country. They first met in Asaba, capital of Delta State for what has later tagged, the ‘‘Asaba Declaration.’’ They met in Lagos two weeks ago and the consequences of their ‘‘Mission In Lagos’’ are still reverberating in political circles.
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