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@LegendaryJoe

Sep 4

AREGBESOLA AND HIS STEADY MARCH ON THE WRONG TRACKS OF HISTORY 02

The 1st episode saw us triumphantly banishing that dangerous illusion - that the Yoruba man’s vote is eternally sealed by sacred oath in favour of Asiwaju, simply because he is Bola, one of our own. No! Sir.

This second and final episode takes us further, to hurl into the abyss another misguided belief: that because Aregbesola is among the greatest beneficiaries of Asiwaju’s benevolent machinery of mentorship, he is thereby condemned to a lifetime of perpetual servitude, his tongue forever tied in muted gratitude to the man who raised him in politics and in life. Again, I declare - No! Sir.

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In truth, it is a grave insult to Asiwaju himself when anyone suggests in word or deed that he is some despot or slave-master who cannot abide dissent, one who sets himself upon a godlike pedestal, untouchable by criticism, even from those closest to him…

No! Sir. The Yoruba blood runs fiercely against the veins of slavery. By nature, it resists mindless bondage and by default will revolt against any arrangement that seeks to present chains as a gift. We are FREEBORN.

This is why it is unimaginable, unthinkable, indeed impossible for anyone - whether pauper or prince - to declare a sit-at-home on his street in the South-West; let alone decree silence over an entire state; much less attempt to impose paralysis on the whole region, without the backing of lawful authority. Such an idea is not merely strange, it is sacrilege. It is unfathomable. We are Yoruba. We are freeborn.

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Fashola, Osinbajo, Alake, and others have testified to the heated fire of many of Asiwaju’s cabinet meetings as Governor. At that table, no one was gagged; all had the right not only to speak, but to vehemently disagree.

On Asiwaju’s table of leadership, it is the strength of your ideas, the sharpness of your reasoning, and the clarity of your vision that wins the day - not titles, not positions, not possessions. So, No! Sir. Aregbe is not being accused merely because he dared to disagree with his leader, mentor, and benefactor.

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LEGENDARY J.O.E

@LegendaryJoe

Mar 29, 2024

IT’S JAGABAN’S O’CLOCK 02

He asked, “What are Asiwaju’s legacies?”, BATists chose to permit Omoye to dance shamelessly unclad in ShopRite, they did not dignify the misfit with a response, they must have wondered, which planet he was when we bombarded this space with unrivaled

Accomplishments of the Man, the Myth and the Legend. I Would have maintained the dignifying silence of my comrades but today being Asiwaju’s special Day, I will choose to call the lunatic, husband material, not so he can let us be but so he doesn’t consider harakiri. He may be

worthless as a Yoruba But, but he is still our country man.

When the people cast doubt about the divinity of the Holy Quran and question the authorship and the source of its motivation and revelation, after all, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) is known to be unlettered. The Holy Quran

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LEGENDARY J.O.E

@LegendaryJoe

Mar 29, 2024

IT’S JAGABAN’S O’CLOCK 01

A fellow asked,

“Awolowo we know, his legacies we can see, BATists should tell us what really is Asiwaju’s legacy?”

When have idiots ever agreed to the counsel of the wise, or failures acknowledge the accomplishment of their betters; the harshest

..questions are usually asked by nonentities not interested in answers.

Talking of Awo, some of his old foes in Northern Nigeria who later became editors of the ‘New Nigeria’ tabloid derided Awo’s philosophical thoughts as “mere rantings”. Infact, in one of their editorials,

They decried Awo’s positions as “Intellectual pretensions which will make true intellectuals wince”. Jakande who was at the time the editor in chief of the Nigerian Tribune demanded to know who those true intellectuals were. Only that when the Statesman breathe his last in 1987,

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LEGENDARY J.O.E

@LegendaryJoe

Nov 26, 2023

THE 1966 COUP
The first Nigerian Coup 02...

The Ideology.

This is according to Nzeogwu himself as captured in many written documents including the book 'Why we Struck' by Ademoyega, one of the Chief plotters and some content captured in 'My Watch' by Gen Obasanjo who happened

to be Nzeogwu's roommate at the time... So before straying to this article to ejaculate folly, these are not my opinions but hard-concrete documented history.

1. The coupists believed that their immediate step would be to correct they considered the worst anomaly of the 1957

Constitution, by breaking down the country into smaller units or states. In other words, the Regional system of government believed by many (including this writer) to be our best democratic standard, which ensures proper fiscal federalism and delegation of powers among the

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LEGENDARY J.O.E

@LegendaryJoe

Nov 12, 2023

WHY DINO FAILED...

Having been Rep member and Senator, one would naturally expect a somewhat experienced politician like Dino to put in some serious fight in the Guber contest, but what greeted us was a stormy embarrassment, a shameful outing and what can rightly be termed as

Inglorious Send-Forth, an official retirement crusade, the quietus of Melaye's political career.
But how did this come to be?

Shall I Begin?

1. The 34th law of the laws 48 laws of Power: 'Be Royal in your own fashion: Act like a King to be treated as One.'

Conversely, Act

like a clown and you definitely will be treated as one. It will amaze you that Dino is perhaps the most certificated of all the candidates in the Kogi Guber Race but whenever he appears, Kogites do not see a candidate, they see a Jest, a Clown, a Mascot at best. They saw the dude

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@LegendaryJoe

Aug 31, 2023

EVOLUTION OF NOLLYWOOD 03

The first film ever produced on video in Nigeria was 1988's Soso Meji, produced by Ade Ajiboye (Big Abbas) and that was the inspiration others needed to move from celluloid, TV shows to Home Videos. The film was also screened at the few available

theatres at the time. Subsequently, Alade Aromire produced Ekun (1989) on video, which was screened at the National Theatre, Iganmu.

Then came the Kenneth Nnebue's Living in Bondage in 1992, which was hugely successful. There had been misconceptions that this was Nigeria's

first home video, No! Nothing can be far from the truth, the home video era began long before then and there have been equally successful Yoruba movies before 'Living in Bondage', however, being an English speaking movie gave it a wider reach amongst Nigerians, as those who were

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