06/01/2023
THE CURIOUS FIXATION ON OBA’s BAIL.
By Michael Uyeh
One would have thought that since Udom Emmanuel and his media hirelings have persistently been trying to extricate themselves from complicity in the politically-motivated incarceration of Senator Bassey Albert, the latter’s appeal against that lugubrious conviction and subsequent release on bail would excited them, as it did every other “human being” on earth.
Sadly, the reverse has been the case. From vowing that OBA will never be released, whether on bail or otherwise, to mocking the wild celebrations which erupted across the state and beyond following his release, to terming the victory parade from Ikot Ekpene to Uyo a stage-managed affair, they are now fixated on his bail conditions!
Why would a government which claims it had no hand in OBA’s conviction be so concerned about the bail conditions? Why should the Federal Government agency charged with overseeing the perfection of the bail conditions be satisfied but Akwa Ibom State Government is not? What are we missing?
It is not the malicious motive behind these shenanigans that worries Akwa Ibomites desirous of development and good governance, but the malevolent fiend which has pushed them to the ridiculous. While some are busy with twisted, irrational and jaundiced reporting on some ragsheets, others fall over themselves to display fake documents on social media. Still, Udom, their pay master, squanders our 13% in Abuja offices, dragging along a Ghana-must-go bag filled with petitions on why OBA should not have been given bail.
A few days ago, they circulated some fake pictures they claimed were taken of the senator while in the Correctional Centre. Yet, they failed to explain to rational persons how they managed to sneak cameras into a facility that even phones are not allowed inside. Why should a set of people
be so desperate, seeking every means to bring down one man? Why the unfathomable hatred? How can Udom now convince Akwa Ibom people that all these persecutions are in the interest of the state and not to cover his profligacy with state funds?
Why should a government, which claimed it had no hand in OBA’s travails go the extra miles just to discredit the legally binding bail granted the people’s preferred governorship candidate? Why did a Government House photographer disguise himself in EFCC uniform to be taking pictures of OBA in court? Was it not for government-sponsored ragtag called newspapers? Why was the photographer sandwiched among EFCC personnel up to the Ikot Ekpene Correctional Centre? Why were the officials of EFCC, a Federal Government agency, transported with a Government House bus to the court and prison? With the sustained interest in OBA’s bail, how can Udom now convince Nigerians that he did not procure the December 1, 2022 judgment?
Why did it take OBA’s appeal and subsequent release on bail for him to remember that Governor Nyesom Wike, the man he betrayed during the PDP Presidential Primary and referred to as “unworthy to be president because he is talkative”, is now a “brother” who should be visited?
By the way, why has Udom not given a believable response to the Wike challenge for transparency over the 13% derivation arrears refunds? What about the refunds for the federal roads done by Attah and Akpabio regimes? What about the Ecological Funds? What happened to the Paris Club refunds?
Udom should just be reminded that despite his evil machinations, what he witnessed on December 29, 2022, was a dress rehearsal for May 29, 2023, when OBA will be sworn-in as Governor. OBA’s imminent governorship and his ever-swelling support base are all divine. This movement is bullet proof, spirited and alive!
# Vote OBA; vote YPP; vote the green leaves!
~Pastor Michael Uyeh writes from the serially neglected community of Oduonim Isong Inyang, Oruko.
