So they write
The history
Wanting to
Sink the book
Into the ocean
Tinubu Square
Madam Tinubu
Out looking
From the round about
Sango
The electric god
Holding the foundation
Of NEPA!
With his thunderbolt
Thick beard
And double headed axe
Is awesome!
Papa Awo
The lion of Ikenne
The one they loved to hate
The one they demonized
Made no sense with
Free Primary Education
At a time
When they were savannah-hugging
Cow chasing
Even eating
Green pasture
With the cows!
The lion
"ACCUSED OF TREASONABLE FELONY AND CONSPIRACY"
"TREASONABLE FELONY"?
WHAT IS THAT?
He cried
From LEKKI
Now the one
Knighted by the Queen
Messenger
Of the Queen
Listens
To the Queen
And reminds everyone
About "Baabu"
So
The beautiful
Male bride
The Eastern ARROW OF GOD
The lion of Onitsha
Is another torn?
In Baabu's flesh
The red cap
With feathers in it
And the beads
His mark of office
They all laugh about
But the solution came
Marry him!
Make him a bride
Baabu
Mind yourself
Is it possible?
To take a man
As a bride?
Well this one
Was a bride
A beautiful male bride
From Onitsha
With the tantalizing bosoms
Of a desirable maiden!
Newspaper cartoonist
Had a field day
With their lampoon
Of this beautiful male bride!
We will fight to the finish
But Baabu’s god
Is looking and smiling
"Douse it with kerosene"
“Burn it"
Ah! The new song:
"If you see my hand
And not my heart
I am for NNDP
If you see my hand
And not my heart
I am for “DEMOCRAZY”
Just look at my hand
Never mind my heart!"
"Douse it with kerosene"
"Burn it"
"Baabau Palava"
I'm yours!
Now the one
With a thick beard
Long and intimidating
Like that of Moses
And eyes
Sparkling fire
EYIMBA of NNEWI
Will not take "NO"
For an answer
At ABURI
Shouts of:
"HEGEMONY"!
Rent the air
What is that word?
"HEGEMONY"?
"HAUSA/FULANI HEGEMONY"?
"HEGEMONY"?
What is that?
The Queen's English
Oxford to be specific
A born Historian
Coming to give
A history lesson
In blood
To his people
A real oxfordian
We hear shouts of: “EYIMBA”
Amongst Africans
He wants to teach them a lesson!
Baabu
To the rescue!
They have answers
For everything
"To keep Nigeria one
Is a task that must be done?"
Bring out the knife
Cut it up
Then pipe it up
That liquid gold
Pipe it up
Head it north
Make them scream
The new slogan:
"TO KEEP NIGERIA ONE …"!
But the Oxfordian
The Historian of Nnewi
Will have none of that!
"TO KEEP NIGERIA ONE IS A TASK THAT MUST BE DONE"
RADIO JINGLE
"TO KEEP NIGERIA ONE IS A TASK THAT MUS BE DONE"
"ON ABURI WE STAND"
More radio jingle!
Annoyance galore!
If you see my hand
And not my heart
I’m yours
I am for democrazy!
Kongi
The third force
To the rescue
Dancing with "POLYPHEMUS"!
Jail
Is no where
To espouse wisdom
Or to dance with "POLYPHEMUS"!
It’s a good thing
THE MAN DIED
Not in reality
Not in jail
Only in those who are
"Silent in the face of tyranny"
THE MAN DIED
Yet that refrain:
"ON ABURI WE STAND"
That haunting refrain
Hurts Babau’s ears!
Baabu
Will have none of that
"WHO IS ABURI"?
"WHAT IS ABURI"?
"WHERE IS ABURI"?
"WHO CARES ABOUT ABURI"?
They asked
Brandishing their long swords
Slashing the savannah with them
And doing their dance
And not that word again:
"HEGEMONY"!
Babau wants it banned
From the dictionary.
BIAFRA!
CRIES OF: "HEGEMONY"!
Yes that word again
No one has forgotten it!
Mercenaries to the rescue
"TO KEEP NIGERIA ONE IS A TASK THAT MUST BE DONE"!
A BOMB EXPLOSION
AT A LAGOS CINEMA
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
"TO KEEP NIGERIA ONE IS A TASK THAT MUST BE DONE"!
The battle of Ore
INVASION FROM THE EAST
TO KEEP NIGERIA ONE
Papa
Finance Minister
Changes the currency
Makes it useless
In the hands
To an invading army
THE BATTLE OF ORE
O le ku ija ore
If you see my hand
And not my heart
I am for democrazy!