Bobrisky, EFCCrisky and the Risk Of A Very Dark Nation.

Bobrisky, EFCCrisky and the Risk Of A Very Dark Nation.

 

 

 

 

 

By Bolaji O. Akinyemi.

 

 

There are two dimensions to the dynamics of distraction in Nigeria, the social media and the government. At the peak of preparation for iWalk came distractions from both quarters, though, interwoven as always. One was the EFCC 15 million bribery allegation to drop charges of money laundering against Bobrisky made known to the public by Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as the Very Dark Man.

It was trending and still is. The other was served by the government on the return of subsidy. On the recent tax exemptions introduced in the oil & gas sector under the claim that it will bring down the cost of living which has not just hit the roof of families across the country, but has actually removed roofs over the heads of many families.

This Government will not cease to amuse those who are reasonable, while the gullible are kept excited over nothing!

 

Wale Edun should put the figures that informed this decision in the public and let’s do the arithmetic.

 

At the inception of this Government, how much was a liter of petrol VAT inclusive, today, how much is a liter of petrol without VAT? Fix the figures in your area and do the subtraction. Tell me how that will make any meaningful impact at driving down cost of living.

 

If am permitted to be spiritual, corruption is the demon afflicting Nigeria and our economy is its rod of our affliction. The capacity or lack of it of our team of doctors led by Edun and Cardoso is left for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to determine and decides.

 

Our affliction has found strength in the curse of mono-economy driven, called Petrol-Dollars. As again activation of our monetary policy from which the Macro and Micro Economies of 230 Million Nigeria should find live as been jettisoned for the lazy approach to national survival of endless loan taken. The Apex Bank leadership should be driven by Economist and Buying and Selling Transaction Team. Sectors reform cannot wait for another day.

 

 

Economically, the present situation is the worst in our 64 years of existence, and all Nigerians should be concerned about this, it is unfortunate that those who should be calling for help from all, without regard for political party affiliations are busy playing politics to the point of war in River State and fanning the ember of another in Alimosho while Nigeria’s debt burden keep rising.

That debt servicing made up 50% of the total government expenditure of N12.17 trillion in H1 2024, means that half of the government’s spending was used to service debt, leaving only half for other critical areas such as infrastructure, education, healthcare, and social services.

 

Nigeria’s debt servicing payments rise by 69% to N6.04 trillion in H1 2024, reaching N6.04 trillion, up from N3.58 trillion recorded in the same period of 2023.

 

The implication of this in layman’s language is that DEBT has removed half the food available, half the medical care, half the education, half the infrastructural development required. Hunger has drawn a line to halve the nation. The having to eat, and have nothing to eat. The equilibrium of half asides, is our little saving grace, any increase in the demography of the have not to eat will spell doom.

 

This sharp rise in debt service obligations, likely driven by naira devaluation for foreign debt repayments, reflects the growing burden on the Bola Ahmed Tinubu led Federal Government as debt repayment consumes a significant portion of its financial resources.

 

The buck of this burden on the BAT table must inspire him to give the no room for politics. He should embrace the opportunity to review his cabinet with every sense of seriousness.

 

Nigeria is snared in political policies. Until this Government stops playing politics with policies, we may not see good governance. BAT’s administration is creating impressions. When we are expecting his government to MAKE impressions,

This VAT exemption noise, is just another impression creating policy. They want us to see them working while nothing is working. If BAT is in hope of making an impression as we approach his second year, this poor arithmetic is enough of a reason not to see Edun and Cardoso back on his Team. A stitch in time like they say, saves nine.

 

The two distractions brought me to the point where I was forced to ask the question:

 

Will this nation be built under this government?

 

The question could serve the title of this piece, but the choice of; Bobrisky, Efccrisky and the risk of a very dark nation is deliberate, it captures what the very dark man represents. The spirit of activism in search of fame, gains, and not necessarily solutions to our problem.

 

It was he who drew attention to the soap and water prophet in Warri till NAFDAC came after him.

 

His new page of activism is not just the Bobo who became a risk by swooping nature, the institution created to fight corruption that has become a risk to all by becoming the very vice it was meant to curb should be of concern to all Nigerians.

 

Dark is defined by the absence of light, the more the light the brighter the substance. The lesser the light the darker the substance. Our activist in the spotlight is very dark and he knows it. Martins Vincent Otse, as his names imply; Martins – God of war, Vincent – which is an old form of Vincentius actually means conquering. Has the God of war finally risen to conquer the enemies of our nation? May the meaning of Otse translate to post this war reality to our nation. Otse – Beauty.

 

Unlike the Bob who became a risk against his nature and EFCC who did against the purpose it was established to fight. Without cosmetic application or surgery like Bobrisky, the Very Dark Man is in friendship with light. Looking very light before the eyes of the public without bleaching.

 

Bobo Olanrewaju Idris Okuneye, was born 33 years ago, guess he had a fancy for a Risikat. Had he been a girl, he would probably have picked the name. A blend of Bobo and Risi gave rise to Bobrisky.  A joke of a personality.

 

Corruption in Nigeria has assumed a cultural proportion, iWalk was designed to rid us of pointing a finger at leadership while the remaining four point at us as a people. Doing the right thing is odd in today’s Nigeria. At the heart of VDM revelation is how bad things are.

In one swoop, is the risk of our existential reality that being a Nigerian is a risk without adequate insurance coverage. In that confession is the alleged role of government in the sales of clemency.

Am still surprised that Nollywood hasn’t served us “Prison In Apartment”, chart burster, the adventure of Bobrisky at Kirikiri Prison. The episode deserves a personal mentioning by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu if we are serious about fighting corruption.

By now, if not the Minister for Interior at least the Director of Prison service should be under the Interrogation of the IGP to answer to the commercialisation of our prison services. Interior ministry under the starboy has received two shots from the gun of corruption. Is corruption fighting back at him? He would be lucky to make it back on the list of my ministers, but I am not the President.

 

The IGP is too busy with his errand for Wike in Rivers to have time for the essential affairs of the state when he is too occupied by the non-essentials of politics.

 

Many had believed that Bobo was actually Risi and not risky until the man, not the male, please, in Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, who during risky Bobo’s arraignment and conviction for naira abuse on April 12, 2024 in the eyes of the law, and before the witness of men and women in the court made the self-acclaimed Mummy of Lagos eat the humble pie of his self-deception in confessional statement admitted he was male.

 

The drama of the episode is now a stage play showing in the green chambers of the National Assembly; where the prison officials found it convenient to lie that the male who admitted under oath that he is a carrier of gbola confused them by his dual identity not to know where to put him. In male or female prison, so Bobrisky was taken to an Apartment privately arranged by his godfather.

 

If you think that the prison officials were smart, wait until you hear the EFCC!

Is EFCC this much a crespo of corruption, should Olanipekun Olukoyede remain the captain of this fight for the soul of our hapless motherland?

 

To be continued in part two.

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