Joseph Amupitan: A Rock and a Hard Place

Judging from trajectory and history, this man would have been carefully chosen for a purpose. But it remains to be seen if he would toe the line of history or just eat the loaf of infamy and follow the pathway of his predecessors. Already, the signs are not looking encouraging as the opposition has started asking for his removal.

I have been busy looking for money for my two plays – Dora and Kokoro, which were phenomenally successful – and as such have not been following the issues between INEC and ADC. I cannot really start throwing tomatoes at this gentleman, as some people have been pushing me to. But let me just state that the optics that we are all gleaning are not looking good, as the dark clouds of a “funny kind of experience” have started gathering.

Oga, I have never met you and as such do not know you, but this does not mean that I cannot give you good advice. The Nigeria of today is not the Nigeria of 2015. We are at the brink; a lot of things have gone down, and nerves are frayed. A credible election is the only solution to the crises we face, and anything short of that will be an unmitigated perch on the road to perfidy.

History beckons to you to be ramrod straight and save Nigeria. Nigeria is in your hands, as my brother Tony Elumelu would say, it’s all yours to heal or throw in the final poke that will finally scatter us.

The choice is really yours, and I wish you well as you progress. Remember, the whole thing is in your hands – you either play the hero or play the villain; it’s all in your hands. Thanks.