Firstly, let me quickly remind you that history has been very kind to you and that you have been treated very fairly by life itself. So, should we then say that you have forgotten that fate has put you in the category of men who rose from rags to tags, even amidst controversies and hopelessness.
For the sake of posterity, let me also remind you that life has showered you with so much fortune than you have ever wished for and made you a cornerstone. You won a political battle that served as a precedence for many others that followed, using the good people of Osun State as unpaid foot soldiers. The people who supported you gave up everything; some lost their properties, freedom, loved ones and even their lives to the brutality from your predecessor, the former military man turned executive governor.
No doubt, life has treated you with much favoured partiality that you were able to beat the odds and get the people of Osun State whom your leadership errors have submerged in extreme starvation and abject penury, standing by you and with you for more than two years of financial misfortunes and seemingly infrastructural decadence. Now, should we ask if you have met their expectations.
Interestingly, you have been able to prove to critics that it is possible to win it all and retire unbeaten like the likes of Muhammed Ali. But unfortunately, not only have you disappointed your mammoth followers and unrepentant supporters by towing the path of the beaten, but you have given the people who were indifferent about your leadership flaws more reasons to sympathize with the major opposition party, in their ploy to dim your popularity.
Today, should you be reminded of what becomes of warlords when they decide to embark on a war unprepared or continue to fight a war that they lack the required capacity and the needed resources to win, when it seem that you have proved to many that you don't believe in peaceful resolution of conflicts of interests and that sovereignty is embedded in the office of the executive governor of Osun State.
You may choose to agree with those sycophants and bootlickers in your administration, if you disagree with me that your party, the All Progressives Congress lost the Osun West senatorial District elections as a result of your leadership inadequacies, unguided political utterances, nonchalant and egoistic attitudes towards the people of Osun State, who ones believed in your messianic stature and in your political grandstanding. The truth if you care to listen is that the people of Osun State are very disappointed in your leadership and would not hesitate to read it aloud at every given opportunity.
Ogbeni Aregbesola, you would be ungrateful to God and to the people of Osun State, if you decide to tow the lane of tyrants who damned the consequences of kidnapping freedom and holding justice to ransom. FYI, the soaring honor of tyrants diminishes before sunset, leaving them in perpetual dishonor.
Interestingly, power can be perpetual but its holders are mere mortals with a predestined number of days. So, we must always tow with caution and remember that stewardship awaits all of us. Yes, politics is a non-emotional game but we should not loose our humanity in the course of pursuing things that are earthly.
Inarguably, the results of the just concluded Osun West senatorial District elections is a bad precedence for the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the State. But let me also inform you that the defeat suffered by your political party has nothing to do with the credibility of your party's candidate or merit on the part of the winner. It was the most preferred medium to express their grievances for your leadership inadequacies, this they have done with fulfillment and are ready to nurture the birthed toddler till maturity. Should anyone blame the people of Osun West senatorial District for their anger influenced decision, when it was caused by the failures of your administration to boost the State's internally generated revenues, pay workers salaries and meet their other needs.
Again, fate has presented to you yet another opportunity to get to work and fix the damages in your party and in your led government, so do it right. Else, you will be remembered as a man who rose to power, having enjoyed the peoples sympathy and the beams of fortune, but eventually betrayed the people and the party on whose he rose to power. Sir, such men are not men of honor, such men lacks valour and the required integrity to be in the hall of fame of men whose immense contributions to creating a better world is heroic.
It is on record that I was among those who followed your case at the tribunal to its later end, agitating that justice is served. I was also instrumental to your emergence at the polls, when you presented yourself for reelection. This you can enquire from people around you, particularly those who know me well. However, I still feel it's unnecessary to write about myself and my relationship with the government of Osun State under your watch, because you are a phone call away from everyone's details.
In conclusion, your excellency should spend time to look inward, retrace your steps and make amends before you lose it all.
11/07/2017.
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