Daily Trust Sunday

The Dual Emperor

- By Abubakar Sokoto Mohammed, mni

If anyone thinks that President Buhari is underperfo­rming let him contest and test his popularity.

O1. The Dual Emperor nce upon a time there is a “Dual Emperor” in the coming millennium who aspires to dominate and rule the universe. By way of introducti­on, the “Dual Emperor” started by ruling two empires simultaneo­usly like a dual- sim smart phone. He ruled the Bear Empire directly and the Eagle Empire by remote control through a puppet clown. The Dual Emperor invested a lot of time and resources to prepare for the realizatio­n of his ambition. He trained physically to be a top flight Judoka, He prepared mentally, academical­ly and was thoroughly schooled in the dark cloak and dagger profession.

Having been born and bred in the land of Sunrise, he mastered the Oriental hemisphere adequately. Having worked intensivel­y and extensivel­y in the land of Sunset, he understudi­ed and mesmerised the Occidental hemisphere. When he was ready to come onto the Forum, he subjugated the ancient Sickle and Hammer party, disorganis­ed the new political aspirants and disgorged the novoux riche produced by the new opportunis­tic dog- eat- dog system. The constituti­on of the old Red Empire became his canvass on which to draw his desires. He ruled the Bear Empire with whichever title he liked either as the Head of State or the Head of Government/ Chief Executive of the heavy state apparatchi­k after every Kangaroo It appears to me that other election. 2. Imperial Rivalry There had been a very long imperial rivalry between the Bear and the Eagle Empires. This ferocious, sometimes deadly combat both open and hidden extended into various endeavours: military, technologi­cal, industrial, business, arts, culture, sports and several others. In this keen competitio­n the two empires alternated their leadership positions at various times in different spheres of engagement. There was a race to outer space, carving spheres of influence, direct conflicts and indirect destabiliz­ation subterfuge­s. The Eagle Empire seemed to have won the Arctic contest with the rise of the unipolar world. This was after the apparent dismemberm­ent of the Bear Empire due to intensive propaganda, disinforma­tion and misinforma­tion campaigns by the state agencies of the Eagle Empire. 3. The Counter Offensive After euphoric celebratio­n of the Pyrrhic victory in the global contest, the Eagle Empire degenerate­d and decay set in. This is evident in the economic ascendancy of the Dragon Empire and the consolidat­ion of the White Empire into a formidable economic block. The collapse of the safety net and the disruption in race relations were all symptoms of decadence notwithsta­nding the historic election of the first Negro leader after a period of over 200 years in the Eagle Empire.

The counter offensive of the Dual Emperor advanced through a

Only God knows who will meticulous subterrane­an war plan in the intelligen­ce and political arenas. This provoked sharp divisions in the Eagle Empire along ideologica­l, policy, racial, gender, property and other binary characteri­stics. The intrusion of the Dual Emperor into the political and intelligen­ce machinerie­s of the Eagle Empire empowered him to manipulate, demystify, control and dominate the racist, minority establishm­ent from his Polar capital. The Dual Emperor also displayed his skills as a master strategist by intruding into the Exit imbroglio of the comatose Lion Empire to influence the outcome. 4. The Puppet King The Dual Emperor had the last laugh by bringing the Eagle Empire to its knees in a very bitter and antagonist­ic election which changed the Donkey Group with the Elephant Group in the Casablanca Palace. As a product of the society where the grand masters are trained and groomed in the war game of chess, the Dual Emperor is both a visionary strategist and calculatin­g tactician. He destabiliz­ed and dislodged the Queen in the intense political contest and captured the King as a pawn. The character of the newly “elected” King of the Eagle Empire did not help matters.

The Puppet King is reputed to be a failed entreprene­ur, philandere­r, leisure loving, semi-literate with neither public, legislativ­e, judicial nor policy experience. A number of uncomplime­ntary adjectives have been used to describe the Puppet King: foolish, idiot, unlettered, inexperien­ced, untutored, uncultured, vulgar, raw, unpolished, compulsive, naïve, incompeten­t, gullible, unintellig­ent and many

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