That
sounds familiar. Take another look, wow! But what do we do with the
other tiresome toga, “Distinguished”? Boring, outdated; distinguished
academic or what? Thousands of people both in and out of Senate bear
that toga. Lets try again “Your Excellency,” wow!!! That sounds
familiar. Why? Well, already that is how the Nigerian Senate President
is addressed.
So how would David take over from Jonathan? Section
145 of the 1999 Constitution, if an Executive impasse arises, does the
President have enough loyalists amongst the Ministers to stand firmly by
him and refuse to pass a vote of no confidence?…. As was the case of
his predecessor of blessed memory? Although very tempting and very easy
for any Macbethan politician to invoke the relevant constitutional
promulgations on impeachment and accordingly impeach the President and
his Vice.
Don’t bother about impeachment; it is completely
unnecessary in this instance. This is because there is an ecclesiastical
analogy that cannot be ignored, given the uncanny similarities with
present day happenings! This analogy is found in the Holy Bible. 1
Samuel 18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking
unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David,
and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.18:2 And Saul took him that day,
and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
And
Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to
David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his
girdle. And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved
himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was
accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s
servants.
From all indications, there is a strong bond between President Jonathan and Senate President David Mark
Further,
Senator David Mark is a son-in-law of Niger Delta just like the
Biblical David who was a son in-law to the king of Israel.
Our
beloved William Shakespeare of Newcastle upon Tyne, whilst pondering on
the phenomenon – ‘what is in a name?’ advised us in Romeo and Juliet
that ‘a rose by any other name will scent just as sweet.’ Or will it?
You
see, whilst President Jonathan has a very good name- “Goodluck”-,
Senate President David Mark has a remarkably excellent middle name-
‘Bonadventure’- This means that David Mark’s name is a combination of
‘Goodluck , Victory – and divinely guarded ‘God’s adventure’
–Bonadventure! (Bon is the ancient name of God, from where you get pro-
Bono, or for God).Therefore, by voluntarily handing over his
legislative as well as some measure of his executive appurtances to a
credible contender, the President is about to unwittingly fulfill an
ecclesiastical prophesy found in 1 Samuel 18:4, “And Jonathan stripped
himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his
garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.”
The
kingly robes and garments represent the upper and lower legislative
houses (the Senate and the House of Representatives), the sword and the
bow represents the President’s powers as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed
Forces. But there is a twist here: David Mark is a retired military
General and highly respected in military circles.
The girdle
which is the Oath of Office seems to be the only point outstanding. That
shouldn’t pose any problems at all. The independent Judiciary will
swear in whom they have to swear in. Doctrine of Necessity or Doctrine
of Lets Move the Nation Forward. Period.
Anyway, nobody knows if,
according to 1 Samuel 18:3, Jonathan and David (have) made a
covenant. However, it is crystal clear that the President’s actions so
far can be interpreted to mean: “David, you will be the next king of
Israel (or the next President of Nigeria).
You should be dressed
and armed as the heir apparent. God’s hand is on you”. Is this David
Mark’s destiny? Will he become President? Is political acquiesance
equivalent to abdication?
In global politics, a leader who by his
actions, advertently or inardvertently, wittingly or unwittingly cedes
or voluntarily renounces his powers in favour of someone else before the
legitimate expiration of his tenure is seen as having committed a
political volunti non fit injuria (and should therefore not complain).
The Biblical David was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of the King’s servants.
The
Biblical David’s popularity both amongst the people and among the
leaders is equivalent to the happenings in present day Nigeria. In
political ecclesiasticism, the mien and demeanor of the man David Mark
is such that he has endeared himself to Nigerians and to all those
around him. In a country whose unofficial motto is to “pull down the
successful”, David Mark has discharged himself creditably.
When
he dons his Northern garbs he looks like a Northern Aristocrat and
talakawa rolled into one; when he dons the Kalabari attire he looks
strictu sensu like a man from the Niger Delta. In other words, there is a
national acceptability of his demeanour.
Perhaps cultivated over
the years, but encapsulated in his re-election to head the nation’s
seventh National Assembly. According to the Torah: Therefore, it is fair
to ask what more can he have but the kingdom? Symbolically, the Holy
Quran states that: “A people deserve the government they get”. As we
were going to print someone whispered to me that Governor Rotimi
Amaechi’s middle name is also David, the heir apparent. So which of the
Davids? And what year? 2015 or 2019?
In
a recent interview on Daily Sun, her ex, Mr Bolton Elumelu revealed her
dirty lifestyle and how she cheated on him and ran away from the
marriage.