PAT UTOMI’S BURLESQUE
Pat Utomi should ordinarily be called a patriot, he seems to love this country passionately, I mean this guy has over 1,500 articles published, in most of these epistles he spoke earnestly about leadership and generally how to move the country forward.um.
But Sam Omatseye, a radical columnist with that tabloid, the Sun newspaper doesn’t think so.
Senor Omatseye thinks Pat Utomi is an intellectual fraud, one of those cheap opportunists brought up by the idiosyncrasies of the Nigerian state, which elevates opportunism into fine arts worthy of a Caravaggio painting. He remembered Pat Utomi as one of those young Turks of NPN era.
Very few Nigerians will ever attend the
For me, I wish he will just stick to that.
Now he wants to be the next Nigerian President in nine months time, that’s another racket entirely, of course it is probably the most lucrative racket in town, especially in a town of rackets.
The Nigerian Presidency is for a prestidigateur, a sleight of hand performer, now you see me, now you don’t kind of artist, a Maradona.
Business 101, on how to become Nigeria President used to be, wake up in the morning, say your prayers (we are a religious lot), take your breakfast and kiss your wife goodbye, go to the next radio station and announce you have taken over the government, it helps if the incumbent is on some junket outside the country .Ask IBB.
But that is seriously old school.
The latest deal in town and as a Professor of Business, Pat Utomi should know, is to get some “businessmen” to fund your campaign, divvy up the lucrative parastatals and corporations and you are in power. What did President Obasanjo have in 1999? .He had just left jail; I mean this guy was broke, but he’s got miracle friends, they made him President.
Utomi need miracle friends, those fabulous Uba brothers of Ngige brokerage deal gone sour in Anambra state will invest, those rich bankers of “don’t ask questions, just bring the money fame”, those generals with oil wells and Alhaji Adedibu, that Harvard trained Professor of “Amala Politics” in
Those are the guys that can make him President.
He doesn’t need my vote ,I don’t count votes, voting is a different employ from counting the votes, counters of votes makes Presidents and Adedibu count votes, the Uba brothers count votes. The Nigerian populace don’t count votes. Like sheep they are, they just vote and go home to their sorry lives.
Writing in some newspaper columns is just a waste of ink; power brokers don’t read those things. They read dollars, naira, pounds etc.What are the Emeritus Professor of Politics Adedibu’s takes on bicameralism?
Moreover Guardian probably publishes less than 20 thousand copies, what’s the point?
By the way, Pat Utomi can expand his base and start writing his articles in Ikebe magazine or City People; at least he will get attention of the women folks, especially those idle
A tip (do I get anything for this? What wont I do for this Professor?), go to Maiduguri and tell them you will prospect for oil in their backyard and they will have 100% derivation, tell them in Ondo State, that you have found a futures market for their bitumen in Canada and the money have been paid upfront,(Allah praises on Sheik IBB of Minna),but sound ideas? Get real.
Sound ideas will never get him anywhere; ask Abiola’s widows, his children and they are plenty.
Nigerians don’t like ideas, IBB, Abacha, Abdusalam, Shagari et al, what are their ideologies?
So I think he is better off with the Uba brothers and those who invest their funds in politics and not in the Discovery Funds of ARM Ltd.
Truth be told ,these South South chaps are never really serious about power, take the Very Reverend Chris Okotie of Oregun, he spoke so much grammar on TV and this was even a guy who had an advantage ,HE TALKS TO GOD DIRECTLY. He blew that chance to Obasanjo who can’t even tie a Windsor knot.
Okotie told us on primetime TV he’s got God on his speed dial, but God complained “I can’t understand his English”, “to the tangential exploration of the consequential inanities of the bourgeoisie interpolation of the welfariast separatism”.
Meanwhile, this is what I gathered Obasanjo told God in 2003 “God, Olodunmare, whatever moniker you call yourself, I have commanded Pastor Adeboye, Pastor Oyedepo, Ibrahim aka IBB, Danjuma (they will provide the funds) and I have Tafa Balogun take care of the police, I am winning this elections and you know you divined it moreover I am an Owu man, I will never forgive you, God, never, if I don’t win this election, bye bye”.
I gathered he stormed out on God. God knows all; He knew trouble when He sees one.
Obasanjo won with a landslide, no hands.
And you want Him to answer some pastor speaking in argots He can hardly comprehend. Get real.
Professor Pat Utomi have done well for himself, I don’t really think it is too bad to ask him to vie for an elective position in Ibeju Lekki constituency, he has empowered the neighborhood with his businesses, maybe a House of Rep membership or the Senate, I actually like that Prof, I don’t want him engaging in this charade, he wont win.
By the way the Alhaji Atiku camp haven’t paid me for this pseudo-endorsement (as if it matters),Atiku wants to be President and he has been on it since 1992,even before the June 12 saga.
He lived, breathed and spent becoming the Presidency; he has been an issue for a while now almost 15 years that is courage to me, that’s consistency.
But with 9 months into the game and Utomi now wants to become President.
Firstly, it shows value of the currency pegged against the Presidency in his mind and that is not good enough.
As well it smirks of these anything can happen mentality of the herd instinct of Nigerians, of which Utomi should not be, he is well traveled and well read.
Also, I would have loved it better if he declared his candidature at the height of 3rd term elongation debates. It was the time Presidential materials were made. Those who have cojones took stands. We can begin to look forward to his Presidency in a bit far future not in nine months time.
On that score, you won’t push Atiku away, but this is not about Atiku.
But then in a city of miracles, anything can happen, the God answereth by fire, I wish I was really a man of faith.
In nine months time, I would like to see a Senate with an Utomi, maybe a Falana, a Chris Okotie, an Agbakoba and some other supposedly serious Nigerians.
I chose my words carefully, “supposedly serious”, don’t blame me, Abdullahi Oroh was a popular anti bad government crusader eons ago………..need I continue?
Jokes aside, debates in our Senate will be robust, hopefully “Ghana must go bag” will be a thing of ugly past, quality debate will ensure and somehow ,some of these professionals have friends outside we can report them to.
I can’t imagine Pat Utomi not voting in favor of, say a Freedom of Information Bill, we will remind him about those articles he wrote etc.
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