By Omooba Akanni
Politics and scheming are Siamese twins. Nobody has a monopoly on power, ambition or betrayal. What some celebrate as masterful strategy when it favours them suddenly becomes treachery when they lose control. That selective morality is the weakness in Omipidan’s argument.
Ask Ogbeni. Ask Omisore. Ask Dotun Babayemi. Ask Oyetola’s former deputy, BOA. Their experiences differ, but the lesson is constant: no political throne comes with permanent ownership. If Oyetola now faces an uncomfortable realignment, why must his discomfort become everybody’s moral emergency?
Omipidan makes an energetic defence of his principal. Fair enough. But a defence brief should not masquerade as an impartial sermon on loyalty. Those who benefit from political manoeuvring cannot credibly condemn the practice only when another player gains the advantage.
My reading is that Asiwaju’s overriding interest will be securing victory, rather than adjudicating every faction’s accusations of Judas. Wike’s politics across party boundaries offers its own lesson: convergence often follows interests before sentiment.
Let the alliances form and the contest unfold. Betrayal deserves scrutiny but the moral standard must apply to yesterday’s beneficiaries as firmly as today’s alleged offenders.
Power has a season. Nobody owns the calendar. Omipidan should not distract us , our eyes are on the ball . Asiwaju’s victory is the goal . Shikenan !
Omooba writes in from Osun Central
