#State of The Nation : Tinubu with Gov Ogbeni
#Ogbeni : Why are you not talking with all these that is happening in APC as it concerns Buhari and 2019 ?
#Tinubu : Talking ? If you talk too much this Fulani guys that are in control of power at Abuja will see me as cheap and I won't be able to negotiate better with them .
Ogbeni : Hmmmm ! Is that so ? I have been worried that you don't talk at all on numerous issues .
Tinubu : Hahahaha Ogbeni ! Aaaaah!! If you talk anyhow , you reduce your bargaining power before this boys at Abuja !
Ogbeni : aah Baba mi ! I am always loyal ooo .
Anything you are negotiating , always put your boy for plan ooo. You no my tenure is ending this month .
Tinubu : I know . You have never disappointed me right from the time I made you Commissioner for Works in Lagos state to now that you are Governor .
Ogbeni : Yes baba mi . I even made sure that your cousin is now the APC Governorship candidate for our party for this August Governorship election as you wished .
Tinubu : You have been a loyal boy .
Ogbeni : Thanks . What are you targeting from these Buhari cabals at Abuja ?
Tinubu : My target is very close to my heart .I don't share it out easily .
Ogbeni : Yes , I know . But you can't close it from your trusted ally whom also is from same state with you even though we all use Lagos as a launching pad .
Tinubu : I am plotting to take control of all the relevant Govt institutions in this country and also to take control of office of the President by 2023 .
National Assembly leadership will first fall into my palms !
Ogbeni : Wow ! I can't wait to move to Abuja with you !
Tinubu : You are always my loyal boy .
Ogbeni : But Igbos even those in APC are saying that they will replace Buhari in 2023 ?
Tinubu : hahahahahaha ! Ogbeni don't mind those ones . They talk too much and we have strategically pushed them out of power discussion .
Ogbeni : Are you serious ?
Tinubu : Oh yes ! When you always rush to defend Buhari and APC , you become so cheap before them and they won't consider you at all in power deals.
Ogbeni : I am learning !
Tinubu : I chose when to talk and when not to ! I use silence most time to build my bargaining power while Igbos in APC defend everything about Buhari and APC and thereby reduce their bargaining powers !
Ogbeni : I see why Hon Jubrin had the audacity to announce on Channels Tv that power will go to South West after Buhari .
Tinubu : Hon Jubrin just like many other Northern politicians has fallen into my strategy . They are now more afraid of offending Tinubu and they are ready to give us anything .
Ogbeni : I see ! We have VP , Minister of Finance , Minister of Power , Minister of Works , FIRS , etc and yet , we are still telling them that we want more .
Tinubu : Yes nah ! Leave that for me . I am working to be the running mate to Buhari in 2019 and if anything happen like it happened before , piam ! I will assume the Presidency of Nigeria .
That is strategy one . Second strategy is to bargain for the ticket of the party in 2023 .
Ogbeni : But I thought that South West has gone before and South East are better positioned ?
Tinubu : Don't even say that again ! You hear me !? Don't allow the Media to build on that !
Ogbeni : Yes sir .
Tinubu : Good enough , we are in control of the Media network in Nigeria . Igbos don't have any Media bargaining power to match mine ! I am the Asiwaju of Africa !
Ogbeni : But what if Buhari and his boys goes after you ?
Tinubu : I have divided Buhari's cabal already . Each of their camps are coming to Tinubu for support while I continue to manipulate them against each other .
Hahahahaha they won't even get together not to talk of fighting Tinubu !
Ogbeni : Hmmmmm
Tinubu : You have not noticed that DSS and EFCC DGs are not on good terms ?
Are you not aware too that Chief of Staff and some other group are not on good terms too ?
Ogbeni : aaaah !
Tinubu : Magu is already in my pocket . Meanwhile I also give him media cover for so many of his fraud which he is aware we provide media cover for him .So I send him after whom I want him to go after and also use him to protect who I want to protect .
Ogbeni : No wonder ! You are just ruling Nigeria from Lagos . hehehehehehe !
Tinubu : Did you see how I insisted that Oyegun must be replaced and they concurred ? They did so because they are afraid of Tinubu ! I created that strategy !
Ogbeni : How are you going to deal with South South and South East APC blocks ?
Tinubu : I will just divide them and each camp will be running to me like I divided Buhari Cabals .
For South South APC , I have divided them since and they are fighting each other while am consolidating .
Ogbeni : Baba mi ! You are above Awo in Yoruba political history !
Tinubu : Abe Vs Amaechi , Amaechi Vs Oshiomole , etc .
Ogbeni : This your strategy is bad ooo !
Tinubu : That is the cheapest war strategy and very effective . Use your enemies to fight your war by making them fight themselves and get weakened .
Ogbeni : South East APC will be an issue for us ooo.
Tinubu : Hahahahaha those ones ? I have divided them since ! They are fighting serious cold war as we speak !
Each camp always come here to complain and anyone of them that comes, I normally tell him or her something about the other that will get him or her more bitter and the war continues .
Then blackmail the intelligent ones among them and use the unintelligent ones to insult their people like Joe my boy and the likes of Okechukwu of VON .
Ogbeni : aaaah ! But this Buhari and his Cabals , I fear them oooo !
Tinubu : Buhari is not healthy , we will insist on giving him running mate should in case anything happens .
I will teach those Northerners Politics !
Ogbeni : my own is to follow you .
Tinubu : We have already blackmailed all the people that will give Opposition the needed strategy .We will do this thru the media and tag them corrupt , then Magu' EFCC to enforce our game .
Meanwhile , let me answer this call first ...
Note : This is Satire from Onyia's Fiction notes .
Ikechukwu Emeka Onyia ©2018
Enugu , Nigeria