He flew in on the wings of Aliko Dangote, the man who helped him cut short his trip to Rwanda in order to attend the 65th birthday anniversary of Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State and “enfant terrible” of post military politics…
Why do you call him “enfant terrible”?
You don’t know that man? He may not be too terrible a person per se but in politics he is reputed to be crude, cunning and uncouth with an uncontrollable caustic tongue that can lash at anybody, no matter how highly placed.
Really?
Yaah, so bad that some people who had had the misfortune of having verbal altercations with him say he is an “omo ita”, whatever that means. All I know is that he doesn’t suffer both fools and the wise gladly, even unhappily.
So, what really caused the wahala between him and his political father at that event that he has had to be throwing darts instead of banters at the Baba who came in a borrowed jet all the way from Kigali, Rwanda, to grace his birthday bash though without Bash Ali in attendance.
Thank you. You should know Baba now. He too does not suffer whether fools or sages gladly. In his flowing agbada, with a microphone in one hand he literally reduced Fayose, the Rock, to pebbles while taking stock of the achievements or otherwise of the former governor of Ekiti State right from when he was hailed as BABA OLOMI (water dispenser) to when he was booed as BABA ALADIE (Poultry farmer).
What did Baba think he was doing, daring the lion in his den on his BIG day?
Waitee! What have I narrated that you are already hitting up? You kuku know Baba before, before, that the more he drawls his speech the more he draws out “kobakungbe oro “(irritating words) that could make disinterested listeners puke.
Baba meant business. He talked down on (pretended he was talking to) the TOKOTAYA celebrants by “lecturing” them on the concept of OMOLUWABI, which must have pumped up the adrenaline in the already tensed up, fidgeting OLOJOBI (the celebrant). That must have been it! Obviously provoked but the OMOLUWABI lecture seemed to have sunk deep in the proverbial COBRA whose tail had just been stepped on.
Did he fire back?
Not immediately. He was apparently, albeit momentarily, knocked out cold by the almost 90-year-old BabaGuest of honour and could not land a jab back.
Great! That was magnanimous and respectful of him. Surprise, surprise. Iyen Fayose na. What a gentleman he has become!
Nibo? For where?! Fayose, “okunrin meta fun ra e”, the three-in-one “puer beli “ (boy of war)…
There you go again! We are talking of a live event, still alive, going viral and spreading like wildfire on the internet with AJANTALA (enfant terrible” and BABA AHANTALA ( “adult terrible”) and you are are pursuing a dead language. You had better go digital.
My friend don’t put your eyes off the ball. We should not just discard our so called ‘dead’ past especially in the realm of cultural norms and etiquette.
What is that mean?
Both Father and Son (Baba kan ati omo re kan) should not have glossed over social, cultural and moral etiquette.
Like how?
You don’t speak ill of your host after eating his food and drinking his burukutu. If you have nothing to say, drink his burukutu to the dregs, wipe your mouth clean and go back to your Kigali or wherever.
Hmmm…?
And for the host it is unAfrican especially in the cultural milieu of “awon omo kaaro oojire” to square up publicly with an elder, senior citizen, a war hero, former military head of state, former civilian President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, no matter the provocation.
Hmmm…what a tale! A tale of BABA KAN ati OMO RE KAN.
Dele Omotunde
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