Political Odysseus of chief Madu Ndigba(Belief in totems by African leaders) An Allegory Part 22

Onwa, otherwise known as Chief Dike, a young millionaire of about 36, was in the oil business. He had just won the bid for blocks of oil well. As the duo tried to end the conversation, Sarah strolled into the room; she immediately went straight to the chief’s office and tapped the door thrice. There was no clear cut acknowledgement of the tap. Rather, a young lady pushed the door forcefully and this nearly threw down Sarah.

Sarah was enraged at the sight of this lady and resented her action. She gathered her breath and hollered, ‘what have I done to you? ‘You wretched daughter of a bitch’. The ugly scene created now attracted attention of those in and around the office, as well as Nwadima and Ngozi and others discussing with Chief. ‘Be civil, now’, she intoned…. ‘Abi’, haven’t you come for the same mission as me? One of the ladies, insinuated that if the chief is not interested in you, why do you force yourself on him? She queried. Besides, why do you take it out on Sarah? One of the ladies pretended to be the arbiter and while calming the other intruder proposed a meeting of all interested candidates. The proposal appeared to be naïve suggestion and also unusual way of determining who wins the heart of the chief.

Another problem with the suggestion is, ‘what will be the criteria used to determine the winner? Will the criteria necessarily be acceptable to the chief? Is chief Ndigba obliged to accept the decision? There seemed, to be a stalemate, as there was ominous silence after the proposal was made. Without any formal arrangement, all interested parties sat down in what were supposed to be a roundtable. It was round table because no one claimed to be superior to the other. As soon as the convener raised her eyes, everyone in the room giggled until, the convener continued to make her points.

First, she drew the attention of her friends, on the need to maintain absolute discretion, as the Chief would be embarrassed by the presence of all ‘his women’ in one spot. Second, she also recalled the miserable position all of them have been placed, a condition which compelled them to boldly seek to have an affair with a married man because of pecuniary gains’.

One of them, yawned as she challenged everyone thus, ’if any of you here who claim to be interested in the Chief, would describe a unique spot on the chiefs body; I would then withdraw from my lust. The proposal seemed to be plausible as two others nodded in approval.
Each of them, one after another, described what they experienced. They were no two descriptions that tallied. Perhaps some of them were imagined, until Nwadima – Sisi Zululand’ described the crocodile tattoo.

Political Odysseus of chief Madu Ndigba(belief in totem by African leaders) An Allegory Part 21

CHAPTER XII

CHIEF NDIGBA’S RETURN TO NIGERIA,
THE SCRAMBLE, BY LADIES IN HIS OFFICE

Having listened and studied the role of Totem beliefs in other African Countries, as narrated by the veteran politician, his inquisitiveness was not assumed rather his erstwhile belief was fast diminishing. As he was greatly troubled, his encounter with his lady admires could not prove anything worthwhile.

As soon as they returned from the trip; her traveling companion made continuous attempts to attract the Chief's attention. One of the ladies hustling around the Chief, three days after the trip came over to her office, pretending to chat with her.

‘Sisi Zululand, wet in, Chief do for you? ‘I guess, he spoilt you greatly,’ she asserted.

She quickly drew closer to her position in the room, as she felt that, that was a good opportunity to bare her mind, since Chief Ndigba’s madam was not in that trip and many “rivals were not around” too.

Sisi Zululand looked up at her with amazement, but quickly adjusted her eyeglasses to recognize the visitor. The visitor – Ngozi was tall, black, star eyed with gap tooth. She moved closer and grabbed the seat without being invited to sit. Her yawing, drew the attention of her host once again.

This time, her host Nwadima – Sisi Zulu land, inquired about what happened in the office during her trip abroad. Ngozi narrated the latest gossip in town. She recalled the news of the purchase of Lexus by a newly employed graduate who had just completed her National Youth Service Corp. The duo agreed that, that would not have been possible if “Onwa” did not sponsor the purchase.

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Another concerned citizen, Emeka Orji narrated the detention of Rev. Fr Nnaji in Limpopo province, for over six months on alleged six counts charges of child abuse including rape. It is believed that when the Catholic Priest joined the order of Missionary of St. Paul in South Africa, he was doing so well that many adherents of fetish practices including Sangoma and Inyanga had to be converted to Christianity.

This development obviously angered the Sangoma practitioners who were losing so much revenue from their erstwhile clients. The reaction of the Sangoma was to instigate many parishioners to accuse the priest of child abuse as well as possession of pornographic films. It is also known that forty-eight hours after the petitions were made, many parents disassociated themselves from the petition, but this was too late, because the accusers had the support and connivance of security agents. At the end the Nigerian priest was discharged and acquitted by a competent court after the prosecution had failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt. At a stage the investigators found Nigerian religious videos, which were alleged tagged porn films. Sadly enough during his detention, they attempted to poison him, concluded the witness.