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Tribute to the "Vultures" of the World.
By Lateef Oladeji of Gem Business Ventures
There is this folklore in my tribe about how the vulture's head got bald. Let me hint at the onset, though, that it has nothing to do with the dirty scavenging habit, or the ugly outlook of, the vulture. Rather, it has to do with the other side of the patriotic, feathered being. In the distant past, man and animals cohabited in a community, and understood one another's language. Then came a terrifying threat of famine owing to a prolonged lack of rain. A meeting of the whole community was called, and it was agreed to consult the oracle on what to do for rain to fall. The oracle prescribed a sacrifice of atonement to be delivered by any of the members to God in heaven. Volunteers were called for, but none of them willingly surrendered himself. To end the stalemate, the vulture offered to go, and the gathering erupted in wild jubilation, with loud encomiums sung of the scapegoat. The vulture carried out the task successfully. Indeed, a heavy rain had already started falling by the time he returned to earth, and all the residents had shut their doors and windows. The vulture was drenched with the rain, and sought shelter while the rain would last, since his own house was still farther away. Feeling heroic and confident, the vulture knocked on the door of the first house, sure that he would be happily accommodated. To his bewilderment and shock, the house occupants held him by the soft and luxuriant feathers on his head, and threw him out into the rain. Scampering into the next house, his confidence now failing, he met with the same treatment. This maltreatment and show of ingratitude was replayed in all the houses the vulture had approached for shelter until all the feathers on his head had been pulled off and the scalp left sore-red and bare till today. Oh, the vulture; the unsung hero! The story of the vulture depicts the way we are as human beings: a bunch of selfish ingrates. We like cracking our coconuts on the heads of fellow humans, who die unsung in the process. The scapegoats are our true heroes, but we refuse to see them as such. Upon their blood and sweat we have erected our mansions of opulence and easy-life. In the context of Nigeria, our sacrificed but unsung heroes include Professor Ayodele Awojobi, the erudite professor of mechanical engineering, who laboured himself to premature death, crying for societal reforms. Dr. Yusuf Bala Usman, Chief M.K.O. Abiola and his wife, Alhaja Kudrat Abiola are part of the others. The Abiolas challenged the military establishment in their quest for a restoration of democracy in Nigeria. These great personalities are just a few of our unsung heroes. They are our proverbial vultures. While Nigeria still has a long way to go, the little we have achieved so far in the realms of societal reforms and democracy are due to the efforts of the likes of these fallen heroes. May their souls continue to rest in perfect peace. There are such unsung heroes all over the world, dead or still alive. To them all is dedicated this modest article. |
How they killed Abiola, by Zadok
Late Chief M.K.O. Abiola
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