{"id":306845,"date":"2020-03-10T12:12:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T12:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebunaleshinloye.com\/?p=306845"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:52:25","slug":"the-rise-and-fall-for-now-of-adamu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebunaleshinloye.com\/?p=306845","title":{"rendered":"The Rise and Fall (for now) of Adamu"},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/%24s_%21i1RL%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b95d5f8-1756-4b41-a5ef-46857c992998_459x339.png?ssl=1\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"var(--color-fg-primary)\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-noB79L\"><g><path d=\"M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L\"><polyline points=\"15 3 21 3 21 9\"\/><polyline points=\"9 21 3 21 3 15\"\/><line x1=\"21\" x2=\"14\" y1=\"3\" y2=\"10\"\/><line x1=\"3\" x2=\"10\" y1=\"21\" y2=\"14\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The saying \u2018<strong>don\u2019t kick him (her) while he is down<\/strong>\u2019 does not apply to politicians because they are never down. They are fair game, they always bounce back, and they love it.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resum\u00e9 of any politician worth his salt is a chronicle of ebbs and flows; a challenge here, an opportunity there; one step forward, then another two backward, with a five-step lateral detour to the left or right; a short stint in prison today, to be followed by a ministerial or\u00a0 ambassadorial appointment, whatever\u2026<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irredeemable optimists that they are, they imprudently believe they can change day to night, and back again. It is this kind of disproportionate confidence that has banished Comrade Adams Oshiomole, suspended Chairman of the ruling party All Peoples Congress (APC) to the reserve bench, for now. <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surely, if not for an outsized sense of omnipotence, how on earth would the APC Chairman sign-off on a hapless tasker to the Supreme Court, fishing to get a two-week old judgement reversed? Did he momentarily forget the meaning of the adjective \u2018<strong>supreme<\/strong>\u2019 in the context of the Supreme Court? Or what?<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thankfully, the Supreme Court pronounced unprecedented fines on all those involved in this misguided mission, which will hopefully discourage future abuse.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an ideal world, Comrade Oshiomole should have lost his job for this gaffe alone. But he was sacked (suspension is just a euphemism, he\u2019s gone) because he lost home support in his combat-to-the-death with his anointed successor as governor of Edo State: Godwin Obaseki. <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teachable moments: You would expect that with all his antecedents, residual reputational capital from his days as a labour leader, our dear comrade would have sidestepped the too common follies of former governors feuding with their successors. Power of yesterday, went with yesterday.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, it seems the dizzying heights of grandeur as chairman of the ruling party created so much amnesia between his ears that he completely forgot the first commandment of politics: <strong>All politics is local<\/strong>. When the gentleman bounces back like they all are wont to do, he won\u2019t forget that in a hurry! <\/p><div class=\"image-link image2\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!qbVF!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faffbdfae-cd17-42e2-b0f9-452a8d8d5dc6_130x51.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!qbVF!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faffbdfae-cd17-42e2-b0f9-452a8d8d5dc6_130x51.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!qbVF!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faffbdfae-cd17-42e2-b0f9-452a8d8d5dc6_130x51.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!qbVF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faffbdfae-cd17-42e2-b0f9-452a8d8d5dc6_130x51.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/affbdfae-cd17-42e2-b0f9-452a8d8d5dc6_130x51.png?resize=130%2C51&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"130\" height=\"51\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/affbdfae-cd17-42e2-b0f9-452a8d8d5dc6_130x51.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:51,&quot;width&quot;:130,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:8596,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" class=\"sizing-normal\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!qbVF!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faffbdfae-cd17-42e2-b0f9-452a8d8d5dc6_130x51.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!qbVF!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faffbdfae-cd17-42e2-b0f9-452a8d8d5dc6_130x51.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!qbVF!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faffbdfae-cd17-42e2-b0f9-452a8d8d5dc6_130x51.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!qbVF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faffbdfae-cd17-42e2-b0f9-452a8d8d5dc6_130x51.png 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/picture><div\/><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The saying \u2018don\u2019t kick him (her) while he is down\u2019 does not apply to politicians because they are never down. They are fair game, they always bounce back, and they love it. 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