Florence Ita Giwa : A Matriarch Leaves
The spirit of life has finally left the PDP in the South-South. Mama Bakassi has finally decided to leave the party. Her seeming frustrations with the childish intrigues that have continued to bedevil the party in that region have finally succeeded in pushing this colossus out of the party and into the waiting arms of the APC. Immediately I heard this news, I placed a call to Ekanmi. Ekanmi in Ibibio means my mother. I asked Adiagha what the problem was and by the time she finished, I could see the pain that only her unquestionable patriotism could mean in both her voice and in the frustrations she faced while still within the fold of the Pharisees who have nothing but selfish and narrow-minded goals as their guiding light. Mama Bakassi has served two presidents as a special adviser. She has been a senator and she has played several philanthropic roles especially in the Bakassi region to the point that she has more than earned a firm footing in the pantheons of our history. Her crossing to the APC is nothing more than a tsunami especially in that region as her influence and popularity will go a long way in shifting the power dynamics in that region towards her new home. Well, the sad thing about all this is the fact that our politicians rather keep playing politics of the stomach instead of true nationalistic politics. Well, ekanmi do not worry, we are still behind you and will follow you blindly anywhere, you truly deserve our support and followership. You have earned it. Say me hello to Koko. Lovely girl.