Dirty, rotten scoundrels

"Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides
our manners" — Laurence Sterne
Words really fail me for what I am about to write but write I must.
The behaviour of Nigerian law makers has sunk to the lowest depths.I
would have thought any right thinking person could not have imagine a
depth this low. The River state assembly had the dubious venue of the
crime most foul.
These hoodlums parading as honourable people have not only brought
their position to disrepute but they have also given us a glimpse to
the type of people we support and put in high office.
I wrote some months back, in "Ladies, jets and big egos" that Jonah
was flexing his FG muscle to intimidate the River state governor,
Rotimi Amaechi and that trouble was afoot.
The latest antics are deplorable and if the finger of blame points to
the FG and Jonah, then Nigeria is indeed ungovernable and the leaders
are scoundrels.
They should hang their heads in shame and accept that what happened on
the floor of the assembly was truly despicable and shocking,period.If
grown men, and I mean, grown men behaved in such thuggish
manner,waving the mace and using it as a weapon, what example are
they displaying to the the young and the impressionable.
No wonder Nigeria is going to the dogs! On July 9th, Bipi led his
rent a mob then attempted to take over the assembly chambers. Where he
proceeded to make himself the speaker of the House,with no assailable
majority,they refused to abide by the rules when faced with
descent.He then starts to beat up some principal officers of the
house. The farce was cringe worthy as he paraded himself with his
goons as the speaker,before Governor Amaechi personally intervened to
thwart his charades.
So ensue the most farcical tussle when a pro-Amaechi lawmaker, Chidi
Lloyd smashed a wooden mace on the head of another lawmaker who has
remained hospitalised overseas.
There seem to be silence in the aftermath, which can only be reserved
for the mischief makers because no one need tell them that these
what theydid was s unlawful and totally unacceptable. They should be a
shining example but instead they behaved disgracefully and
dishonourably, sadly these scoundrels have shown.The nation how not to
behave.
They have the temerity to go on boasting that their behaviour as if it
is justified and that they were merely responding the governor's
stubborn stance . They have already made themselves judge,jury and
executioner! What a country and what a people! We definitely have
scrapped the barrel to be represented by these uncouth,bully boys and
narcissistic men.
They are ready to compromise the safety of Nigerians because of their
over inflated egos. It is about time Nigerians insists that those
found guilty of this raucous behaviour should face the full weight of
the law, putthem in chains and throw away the keys. Really,when is
enough,enough?We cannot pretend it did not happen, it did and should
not be swept under the carpet like all the others before it.
I see that some people remain deep in their trenches blaming others
for what happened and refuse to lay the blame for the shambles with
the culprits How do we justify the unjustifiable is beyond me.When
someone is wrong,they are wrong,there are no two ways about it,no more
pussy footing about,we need to grow some moral backbone.
These anti-Amaechi lawmakers in Rivers State House of Assembly in
particular, the Hon. Evans Bipi, representing Ogu/Bolo constituency,
hadthe gall to declare himself a worthy replacement for the speaker
of the house and also attempting to remove the incumbent governor
for insulting Patience .
He said"why must he (Ameachi) be insulting my mother, my Jesus
Christon earth?" "I have no mother, I have no father. She (Mrs
Jonathan) is my mother," he said. Well, one cannot make this up even
if one wants to; hespoke like true deluded loved up puppy this man is
not fit to be a law maker or anything else for that matter. So is this
man really sane? Not sure that is what one wants in their law maker.
So what has the fragrant Patience got to do with the melee ? It seems
the lady is not an innocent bystander, the blame should be shared by
herand her cronies of sycophants for meddling in the state business.
Me thinks the lady is acting like a tyrant "she who must be
obeyed" is pulling some political might and no one seem to be
stopping her by rightly putting her in her place.
I and many other Nigerians who saw the videos of their madness on
the floor of the assembly watched with shock and horror, it was not
pretty.it was downright gory. In full view, we can see Evans Bipi
attacking a policeofficer and all hell broke loose, it seems that the
break-away fraction of the House also control the use of the police
and officials in the state.They flexed their physical and political
muscles, bullying their way through so as to make the Governor a lame
governor. They have misfired in fact it had made them look instead
uncultured, mediocre and self serving.
So, no surprise there then, when the Rivers State Information
Commissioner, Ibim Semenitari, stood up for the good lady and declare
her innocent of all suspicions!
Wole Soyinka has called on Jonah to call off his unruly, out of
control wife. At last someone with courage and wisdom calling it
as it is that she is a loose cannon,she meddles in the business that
she has not beenelected for nor have the experience and qualifications
for ; she seems to have the knack of creating disunity and discord
in the Government and I totally agree.
We have for awhile given people unbridled respect that their
high office deserve but the wrong type of people are chosen to
represent this high office and they seem to demand the respect
they do not deserve and thus cheapen the position. It is high
time , we make our elected officials and non elected people
accountable to the high office they occupy, there should be and I
believe, a cord of conduct hat they should adhere to and if they
fall below that then they should face theconsequences even if it
means custodial sentences. This shameful eventis the game changer
here if the president operates in such cavalier manner and
behaves in a way that puts his office in jeopardy then it ishigh
time Nigerians made a stance that these behaviours are not acceptable
and cannot be condoned.
So suddenly, Patience, the lady now wants to smoke peace pipe,
throughher spokespersons, she denies any involvement in the event.