Images of Ebiraland

By: Pastor Joseph Suleiman (Manjoe) I would rather have one little rose From the garden of a friend Than to have the choicest flowers When my stay on earth must end I would rather have a pleasant word In kindness said to me Than flattery when my heart is still And life has ceased to be I would rather have a loving smile From friends I know are true Than tears shed around my casket When to this world I bid adieu Bring me all your flowers today Whether pick, or white or red I’d rather have one blossom now Than a truckload when I’m dead. -           Anonymous Nigerians have an obnoxious tradition of easily forgetting their erstwhile good leaders. The immediate past despot of Kogi State, “Emperor” Alhaji Abubakar Audu, bemoaned this tradition in his mournful valediction when traditional rulers paid him a farewell visit. Emperor Audu did say correctly, that it is only when rulers are in...