“…they tell us grandiose, moralistic stories of their youthful uprightness. Followed up with cosmetic stories of how their own generation built the sturdy bridges that we, the incoming ones are now destroying and leaving all to chance to senselessly fritter away.
Their reflective news-journal interviews read predictably along the lines of sanctimony and generational hubris. Where they, the old-breeds were very focus, hardworking and pioneering; we, the new-breeds are serially distracted, naturally sloppy and twined to the pole of mediocrity. But the truth of the matter is that the Old Breeds are not too different from us, the New-Breeds! We’ve only grown up to learn from the best of the best! One of which is Pa Oluwayemisi Falae, the kooky old Tiger- the insidious man with the inherent ability to see all of AKESAN in faraway OYO Town, from wherever he could be standing upright at the junction of ORITAMEFA, all the way in IBADAN.
The man has given us, the New-breeds: the vital blueprint needed to give good and elusive interviews- in the nearest future! The man supposedly collected a scandalous N100,000,000 for his ‘undergarment’ Political Party out of needed state’s funds. He kept N95,000,000 for himself- and ‘generously’ gave his party N5,000,000. The said party has now come out to deny that no measly dime was ever forwarded to its points! Baba James Bond is not even denying he collected money, but insisted the dough was for “party purposes” and “the flashiest of all dimes, he’s not returning to nobody!” Baba was either a Grand-Pimp in his past life or probably shared some crooked DNAs with some notorious Slave traders in our past history. For he sold a multitude of us and our votes for just 100Milla! Dude’s not even missing a wink or batting a funny eyelid! Tuale Baba!! Afenifere-somebody!!!
“Akure Oloyemekun
Omo amuda sile m’ogun enu p’ani.
Omokunrin Akure n’toko bo won f’agada p’erin
Omobinrin Akure n’toja bo o f’osilo p’efon
Akure alomi-meji, won p’ejeeji l’aala
Ala se bi ere bi ere ala d’omi ebo!”
– the National Praise Poetry of Baba ‘James Bond’s’ hometown: Akure.
Edumare please…would you allow me grow up to be like Baba “James Bond”, the Grandstanding, Shameless Pa. Oluwayemisi Falae- CFK! (The Conqueror Of Fulani Kidnappers)”
