How Oshiomhole’s Panel Trekked From Abuja To Abeokuta
By Paul Oreniyi And yesterday the bird of night did sit, Even at noon-day, upon the market-place, Hooting and shrieking. When these prodigies Do so conjointly meet, let not men say “These are their reasons; they are natural.” For I believe they are portentous things Unto the climate that they point upon.” “Indeed, it is a strange disposed time,” to further quote the inimitable. – William Shakespeare. *Oshiomhole It had all the trappings of a Hollywood movie, save that it is a tragic, if not macabre one. Viewed from a related angle, features of a palace coup are also visible, enacted fully or piecemeal – “here”, and to be fully enacted “there” if Abuja is found remiss in the rapidly unfolding events of the ruling party. For the taciturn army general turned politician at the helm of affairs of the APC-led government, the augurers are still out there plucking the entrails of an offering. Will they find a heart or not as the clock ticks towards February 2019? For the c...