-By Reuben Abati
“So, where is President Tinubu, my brother?”
“What do you mean where is President Tinubu? He told you and everyone else that he is travelling to France and the UK on a working leave.”
“What else is he doing? What work is he doing? “
“Don’t be rude my friend? Who are you to ask the President what he is doing?”
“We are the people. We have the right to know.”
“This thing you people call democracy. Nigerians actually think that it is a form of madness. If the President says he is going on a working leave, and he is taking part of his annual leave, what is your problem?”
“He says it is a working leave. We just want to clear our suspicion. What exactly is the work? He cannot be away for almost a week, and we cannot know what he is doing”
“Okay, he is just taking time off, and spending time off with his wife. Do you have a problem with that?”
“Which wife? No man needs a time off to work on his wife. He can do that here. And let me tell you, having a wife is not a job. We all have wives, and we know how it works.”
“It is not the same thing. You cannot compare that your wife that you married with two tubers of yam and your in-laws told you not to bother about bride price out of pity. You cannot compare her with a delectable, elegant, fashionable, tasty, classy, woman like Mrs. Tinubu.”
“A wife is a wife. My wife is also classy. When the lights are off, every wife is a first lady. What I hear is that each time our President travels to France and UK, it is mainly for medical reasons. What is he always looking for in France and UK? He should stay at home. And be careful. You can’t go about saying those things about the President’s wife. The EFCC may arrest you.”
“I don’t even know why you are bothering yourself. When a Fulani man was Nigerian President, he said his doctors were in England. His spokesperson told you people, his saviours lived in England. He even went away for about six months at a stretch. One other President from the North almost died in Saudi Arabia. He was rushed home at the last minute. It is now a Yoruba man in charge, you are asking him to go to a Nigerian hospital.”
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