Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, is currently dealing with problems that are nothing new and do not merit our compassion, but the Oyo power brokers in his sphere are preventing him from accepting reality. They are attempting to shield Seyi Makinde from the effects of his previous choices rather than making him suffer the consequences of those choices.
They didn’t forewarn him when he first started working with political thuggery. Governor Makinde ought to have paid more attention to the late Senator Abiola Ajimobi, who not only curbed political violence but also made it undesirable.
The late Senator Ajimobi liberated the state from the grasp and whims of thugs and street urchins, put it in the proper position, and transformed Oyo—a state that had not known peace and calm for years—into a refuge.
Governor Makinde, did you listen to late Ajimobi’s advice? No. Did he adhere to it? No. Makinde is not a historical orphan. He disregarded the prudent advice of his predecessors, who suffered horribly at the hands of political shills. He exploited these components as ladders to ascend to his intended pinnacle in addition to encouraging political thuggery.
Seyi Makinde didn’t actually behave in a resentful manner. He had a clear understanding of the meaning of appreciation. After being elected governor, he didn’t push them away. He didn’t just give them money. He assigned them roles.
He took away people’s freedom of association, combined the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) and the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) into one organization, the Oyo State Park Management System (PMS), and appointed one of his “strikers,” Mukaila Lamidi, also known as Auxiliary, as the chairman of the new park system.
For years, Seyi Makinde and his “strikers” dined and partied together like brothers. More than just the PMS chairman, Auxiliary was. Because of how strong and effective he was during Seyi Makinde’s first term, he was sometimes referred to as deputy governor.
Makinde did nothing in response to Auxiliary’s abuses and turned a blind eye. He didn’t just control the’strikers’ leader; he also raised and cultivated them specifically for electoral purposes. Makinde insisted on the appointment of Auxiliary as Chairman of the Oyo State Park Management System despite widespread opposition since they were still helpful to him.
Henning Mankell undoubtedly had Seyi Makinde and Auxiliary’s relationship in mind when he said, “There’s always an end, but the end is always the beginning of something else.” Everyone should research how the once-happy marriage of Seyi Makinde and Mukaila Lamidi (Auxiliary) turned sour. Some sources asserted that Makinde could no longer control Auxiliary because of its growing power, while others asserted that Makinde made a decision to put his old enemies out of his misery and asked that they coexist under the same roof.
Accommodated? Auxiliary likely heard it and really lost it. He was aware that he could not accommodate his previous friends and that his abilities could not be restrained. He does not want his powers to be taken away from him, nor does he like to share them.
We both agreed that I would work for you until you were elected governor and that you would make sure I kept the park. Why do you have a problem with upholding your end of the bargain after we have upheld ours?Auxiliary must have thought quietly.
Was the governor of Oyo anticipating fruits of harmony, peace, and togetherness when he was busy sowing the seeds of strife and violence? Governor Seyi Makinde must have utterly forgotten that there is always a corresponding and opposing reaction to every action. They are now divided by the same politics that once united them.
Governor Seyi Makinde is currently scurrying around to make sure the body he buried five years ago is not poking its hands or legs out of the ground. The Oyo State Park Management System, led by Mukaila Lamidi, also known as Auxiliary, has been disbanded by him.
Mukaila Lamidi, also known as Auxiliary, was fired as the chairman of the Oyo State Park Management System two days ago, and Oyo State Police Command agents conducted a raid on her Ibadan residence. They claimed to have found weapons such guns, ammo, wraps of naira bills, and charms.
Oyo State’s capital, Ibadan, is currently tense and filled with palpable apprehension. Because they do not want to be affected by this rift, people are living in fear. There have been allegations of intermittent shootings in several areas of Ibadan by unidentified individuals, forcing residents to flee for their lives.
The fruits that the seeds they plant would produce terrify both the farmer and the workforce. Mukaila Lamidi, also known as Auxiliary, has been declared wanted by the police. Ask Governor Makinde if he has ever read any writings by Craig D. Lounsbrough, an avid reader, who wrote in one of his books that how much we get bit by our decisions depends on how many teeth we give them.
In addition to expressing my sorrow for the innocent Oyo State residents who have been unable to sleep because of the ongoing conflict between Governor Makinde and Mukaila Lamidi, also known as Auxiliary, the former chairman of the Oyo State Park Management System, I also leave the governor with the wise advice of Craig D. Lounsbrough: “You are not bullet-proof.” You would therefore be sensible to stop feeding your decisions’ pistol with the bad decisions’ ammunition.
I send my best wishes to the people of Oyo.