(Officer, Papa and Tenant in a heated argument in a street compound located around the Federal Capital Territory , Abuja )
TENANT: Good morning Papa.
PAPA: How are you, hope you had a good night rest. Mine was bad ,l didn’t know junior left my window net open ,so ,l had uninvited visitors ( Anopheles mosquitoes) had a mini war with me in my bedroom.
TENANT: So sorry ,Papa, l will fetch you a tin of repelant liquid. Did you listen to the radio news this morning.?
PAPA: Not at all, any important news from Mr President , by the way, the man wants to beat President Buhari s tenure.
TENANT : Papa, it is General Theophilus DANJUMA who ,for the second time ,he is advocating that every Nigerian should arm themselves in the face of unwarranted attack by terrorists and Bandits. Infact he was very Frank and resolute about the call . Infact he blame the government and security agencies constitutionally responsible for protecting Nigerians, for failing in their mandates. So he concluded that people should freely bear arms to protect themselves and their family members.
PAPA : well, he has spoken well except that he is not thinking like a modern day elder who ought to know the temperament of present day Nigerian youths . They are emotionally over exuberant, violent and unnecessarily aggressive. Have you witnessed them acting movies while driving along the roads and were involve in an accident,watch their reactions, are these the people the General want to carry firearms? . No way my friend. No reasonable government would accept such archaic suggestion. He should talk about the improvement of his constituency . Look, l have observed that since his retirement from the military,, each time he opens his mouth to talk on any major public issues , all that oozes out of his mouth is all about combat and l suggest he should stop such contribution afterall ,no body will scold him for not talking . Is he the only retired General? Afterall my brother is also a retired military General.
OFFICER: Good,orning Papa, l came out because,l over heard your contribution and l think you are wrong to speak of an Army General like that almost dragging him to the cleaners because of his suggestion. Papa , Infact ,l respect your grey hair, if not l will invite my colleagues to frog jump you,
TENANT: (Cuts in) Officer ,what is the meaning of all this messy talk about .you are being disrespectful to Papa.
OFFICER: ( Cuts in angrily) keep quiet ,you bloody civilian,were you not here when he was rubnishing my General, do you know what it takes to become an Army General? He is not a civilian and should not be compared at all.
PAPA: So you can defend people of your constituency like this, you should be ashamed of yourself. See this one who is yet to pay his house rent because his pension has not been paid . Go and find out, you will be suprised that that General has his own roof over his head.
TENANT: (cuts in to correct an impression) PAPA! Officer is a retired police officer ,Infact he retired as a Deputy superintendent of police ( DSP).
PAPA ; They are of the same coin . I have many police friends and Infact, they should hide their faces in shame. Where they not to be blame for the insecurity in the country due to their laikadestical attitude and ineptitude in leadership . If not for the military, this country would have been in flames . Thank goodness for both the military and the presidency of course few of the later years police leadership who have changed their mode of operations . Thank goodness we no longer hear terrible bad news from the police except that they commercialized their mobile arm of the police by lending them out to big men in the society.
OFFICER: This papa, you are an encyclopedia on society issues, l think the government should replace the proposed youth conference and change it to Nigerian elders national conference for only those from the age of seventy who are graduates only .
TENANT: My friend you are deviating from the main issue of discussion , however, you have made a salient point that can move the country forward afterall , it is said that the words or advice of our elders are words of wisdom.
PAPA: So , you would have frog jump me because l told you the truth . L don’t blame you homosapien afterall your great grand fathers crucified Jesus because he told them the truth. Truth is always bitter like the truth Pastor Tunde Bakare told the government and they were shaky.
OFFICER: Papa, lam very sorry for my earlier outburst, l was enraged and furious with anger.
PAPA: l completely understand your predicament because of your level. Remember, l adviced you to learn a handwork beside your professional job because of tomorrow, As for the General you are fighting for, he is well settled for life. Wherever he goes he is accorded dignified treatment same with other senior officers in the police . The problem with his unguarded suggestion is that , it would create confusion in the country when brashful, temperamental people start handling firearms ,is that not an invitation to chaos and anarchy.? See what the president is trying to do for the country, by trying to renew our lost hope ,. Truely, the country had lost its hope, hope that MKO Abiola wanted to presentt to us Nigerians before he was killed. However his kinsman Bola Ahmed Tinubu wants us not to think that that Hope was gone, so he want to renew that Hope and make the country to be great again,. Is that Hope the General wants to scatter by suggesting that people should be allowed to bear firearms? I be
belief that we still have civil organizations still existing in the country including our revered student union body and one had expected them to issue statements ,condemning such a reckless state,ent. . Infact we shouldn’t condone such statement again in the country that is politically fragile.
TENANT : Papa, you have said enough . Let posterity bear you witness including me your reliable tenant.
OFFICER : Baba , it’s alright , initially l was almost against you , but having listened to your articulative arquement,
I sincerely apologize over my harsh utterances. Papa please forgive me. Truely , l have come to realise the truth in what Papa is saying.. Elder statemen should be guarded by wisdom and patriotism . I hail your wisdom Sir.
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