Society must protect the robbed and punish the robber – Martin Luther King Jr.
Last week, the Appeal Court in Abuja ruled that the trial of Senate
President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) is in
order and should proceed. Saraki is scheduled for November 5 and 6 at
the CCT.
Saraki’s trial will be remembered for delays, postponements,
adjournments, interruptions, non sequiturs, mangled facts, and general
chaos. A successful prosecution and conviction of Saraki in accordance
to the law of the land will prove to the Nigerian people that from now
on legislators who violate the public trust will be held accountable.
The shameless comedians of The Brotherhood of 84 Thieves with the
Prince of Thieves are warming up for another circus show at the CCT. The
open support and solidarity given to the Prince of Thieves by his
fraternity is a shocking exposition of septicemic plague of corruption
that unites The Brotherhood of Thieves with the Prince of Thieves.
The support of the group is based on a concocted fable of solidarity.
It’s a prima facie evidence of mendacity and political expediency.
No matter how the Brotherhood of Thieves dress the Prince of Thieves,
the Prince will always appear as a wolf in a wolf’s clothing.
Nigerians, get ready for another hilarious circus of The Brotherhood of
Thieves for the next appearance of the Prince at the CCT.
It is not surprising that since the trial began, The Brotherhood Of
Thieves have mounted formidable acting and speaking skills into ominous
warnings and fear mongering and carefully staged photo ops and speeches
and fake news conferences in support of their Prince. Listen to some of
the group members in defense of the Prince: “We shall continue to
support our leaders… anybody outside this chamber who wants to control
the Senate should go to sleep,” said Sani Yerima, Zamfara State.
Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba from Sokoto South, said the trial was
mischievous, vindictive, and politically motivated. “We reiterate the
fact that he is our choice for the post of Senate President and no
politically motivated, mischievous and vindictive trial will change our
opinion of him.” David Umar, Niger State, condemns the “ongoing
unwarranted media embarrassment of the Senate and the Senate
leadership.”
According to Sunday Punch correspondents, “Senators George Sekibo and
Gershom Bassey, both of the PDP, said that notwithstanding the ruling
of the Appeal Court on Saraki’s case, loyalists of the Senate President
in the upper chamber remained solidly behind him.”
The Prince himself rallies the troops: “I invite you all to stand
with me to defend this Senate and preserve its sanctity.” As adamant as
ever, the Prince told Nigerians that those who are expecting him to
throw in the towel may have to wait till eternity as that would amount
to allowing external forces to have their way.
As with all their previous carefully choreographed pandering, expect
more road shows from the group. You’ll see them lock arm-in-arm marching
with the Prince like imperious, disdainful feudal lords to the CCT. The
hypocrisy is congenial. The group is a bunch of parasites that consumes
our nation’s lifeblood, come quickly or slowly it will kill the host.
In the name of solidarity with the Prince, the business of the
Nigerian people is neglected, abandoned, and completely taken off the
legislative radar. The roster of individuals in The Brotherhood of
Thieves that go to the courthouse with the Prince reads like a veritable
“Who’s Who” in the directory of robbers. For all the years they have
been in the Senate, nothing worthwhile has been done to improve the
lives of their constituents. Never mind that The Brotherhood of Thieves
represent blighted, crime ridden, and poverty-stricken constituencies.
This group has sucked every financial lifeline for economic and
social programs meant for our people. They’re stealing our future, our
children’s and grand children’s future, they’re stealing money that we
toiled for, they’re weakening our nation.
The Prince with his minions in the senate will do anything to
undermine our nation. If you read the newspapers, you’ll see that
hardly a day goes by without politicians stealing something. Stealing
caroms up and down the spectrum of the National Assembly. These thieves
are pimps to Satan.
One wonders why The Brotherhood of Thieves that support the Prince
charged with corruption and false declaration of assets to the tribunal
hasn’t stir up mobocratic wrath from the poor suffering masses.
Well, The Brotherhood of Thieves has profited from the civil lethargy
of Nigerians who refuse to club the thieves with stones and sticks. The
bandits’ arrogance surely comes from the confidence that the outcome of
the trial of the Prince will go away like all other crimes he had
committed before. The system that permits the election of thieves as
senators is a “Covenant with Death and an agreement with Hell.”
The 84 members of The Brotherhood of Thieves lost the blessing of
siding with the Nigerian people at the right time. They lost the
blessing to condemn evil and uphold truth. They lost the blessing by
refusing to follow the multitude to do evil. I say to them, every
blessing ignored becomes a curse.
It’s scary to see senators of a nation – members of the highest law
making body – mired in darkness with characters that are corrupt and
contemptible. Meanwhile, let’s get ready for another hilarious puppet
circus show of The Brotherhood of Thieves for the next appearance of the
Prince at the CCT.
