Smooth transition

In a very rare display of the smoothest transition of power in political history, the newer governor of Lagos State has embarked on an appreciation tour of the state for the overwhelming support they gave him in the 2019 May elections. On ground to receive him and his cabinet were the various Obas who will though readily argued that another Oba will not come into throne ascendancy until the death of the incumbent Oba. Spare no sympathy, the words of our elders are words of wisdom.

By stroke of political ingenuity, the resident INEC commissioner in Bourdillon has in handing over a certificate of return to the newer governor handed the incumbent a political death certificate. The people are celebrating both incidences under the warp explanation of our elders wisdom that says  the success of one is predicated on the misfortune of other. But,where does that leave the incumbent and Lagosians?
In a  conspiratorial quagmire.

Here,governance has been suspended till the new administration finishes the victory lap and the people are done consigning the physical and political dirt as represented by the incumbent in any of the numerous overfilled trash cans that decorate the state.  With good behaviour, the incumbent may be due for a parole in the not too distant future, when he may come back either as a minister of yet to be created office or as just a party faithful. Both are humbling and lucrative positions that demands higher loyalty. And, the people will always be in the dark either online or offline; it doesn't matter, their destiny is decided anyway.

This is an expensive lecture in loyalty  for the incumbent governor that the newer governor will not have to pay for to learn; one of the host Obas that benefited from recent history may have whispered to him during  his visit that the cane the husband used for the old wife is somewhere within reach for the new one. The words of our elders are words of wisdom. Indeed.