I read @RealFFK ‘s the curse of power and I thought it was about as enlightening as discovering what color the sky is. I did find it quite amusing though and could not comprehend the grim exclusivity that he tries to render. I assume such matters are discussed over a cigar and what else- an imagery befitting the “presidential pastimes of the Illuminati”*.
You read on death after death, ticking off where a familiar name comes up-yes, Akintola, Awo, yes, -against your memory. But what is he driving at? That these folks in power and close to power have been dropping off routinely-and, like every other Nigerian? But other than your sheer perverse curiosity concerning death of our “dear leaders”- knowledge we had respectably not been privy to- what else strikes you? That FFK can spin a good yarn. Thus he enthuses;
“Now sit back, relax, fasten your seat belts, prepare for take –off and come fly with me. Here it goes...”
And this yarn is a constant stream of conjecture anchored on our predictable gullibility over theology. Says he;
“Are these “inevitable acts of God “or is it the work of the devil? Is there such a thing as a curse or a jinxed existence or place? Most of us believe in blessings and blessed places yet can we believe in blessings without believing in curses? Can we believe in the power of light and God without believing in the power of darkness and the devil?”
And in all fairness, a quick review of the deaths of the principal figures of this country is a bloody pointer, an acute indicator of the levels of violence in these climes naturally replicated in high office. And that is exactly where @RealFFk fancy takes flight.
My childhood was as innocent as the stains of gbomo-gbomo would allow-it wasn’t just the Clifford Orji infamy, it was real then as it is real now, missing persons, frequently mutilated bodies messing up the streets-some bodies, trampled into the pavement. Do you dare to imagine the number of ritual murder everyday across the length and breadth of the country? It is the extrajudicial “murdering”NPF, the hit and run drivers, the trigger happy robbers, acid pouring lovers, religious violence, cutlass politics, Boko Haram.....
And then there is the “Death Void”- that death or calamity that awaits us as basic healthcare is expensive. It is the Heavens Forbid natural disasters , the “Act of God“ air mishaps. Thus, the death void is the greater chances of death or grievous bodily harm arising from lack of Infrastructure-Security, good affordable healthcare and a functioning emergency response, social welfare, good roads...
The average, resident, Nigerian is a walking target suitably living in a death culture. The definition of a miracle therefore is that we wake up alive every day. Suddenly it strikes you that unlike us, victims; losing our lives and limbs, friends, countrymen at every right, left, centre, these “leaders” have better prospects sef.
The average, resident, Nigerian is a walking target suitably living in a death culture. The definition of a miracle therefore is that we wake up alive every day. Suddenly it strikes you that unlike us, victims; losing our lives and limbs, friends, countrymen at every right, left, centre, these “leaders” have better prospects sef.
For every long list of “pain, anguish, betrayal, humiliation, persecution, misfortune, hardship, loss, death, strange ailments and tragedy” for” those who reach the top” there is an infinitely longer list of “pain, anguish, betrayal, humiliation, persecution, misfortune, hardship, loss, death, strange ailments and tragedy “ for those other Nigerians whose raison d’être concerns living in death culture Nigeria.
The next time that @RealFFk wants to “ooh” and “whoa” us with his paper back novel writing dexterity, let him take into account every avoidable death in the “history” of Nigeria-and tie that tally to the geographical entity that is Nigeria and realise that it is not really the “villa curse” but the “Nigeria curse”
