Sim Fubara is Simply in Charge
A common mistake in warfare is underestimating an opponent. It is now very clear that Nyesom Wike in choosing the next stooge, may have really underestimated the invincible resolve and strength of character embodied in Sim Fubara. He would be ruing the day he chose this man as successor and hating himself for it. Fubara has not only stood up against the bully with the croaky voice but has also gone ahead to give him a very dirty fight, uprooting his socalled structures and sweeping away his henchmen in 24 hours, leaving his former master naked with nothing but shame and regret as companions. As I watched the former chairman of Ikwerre Local Government cowardly beat a retreat, I just shook my head in utter disgust. The contempt for institutional barriers, the sense of massive entitlement and the desire to rule over the people despite constitutional provisions just threw me into a state of anomie. God-fearing and democraticleaning Nigerians are firmly on Sim’s side in this fight against the biggest-ever political bully in recent times. Nigerians watched very intently as his lily-livered footmen ran away or were kicked ignominiously out of various local government secretariats, marking very firmly the end of the dictatorial reign of the croaky-voiced one. I jumped with glee as I watched one of them beat a hasty retreat with his security chased out by a motley crowd of angered youths who had just had enough. Mr. Fubara now has the leeway to consolidate, rebuild democratic structures and also put in place credible governance that would be focused on the people as against the politics of “hara kiri” as practised by his erstwhile godfather who now stands naked with the ‘craw craw’ in his buttocks exposed to the world. Who will help him scratch it? Certainly not me!