A satire; The Curious Case of the “Former House of representatives from Edo South
It appears that all is not well in the once-chummy circle of the old Mid-West political class, especially between a certain former Honourable—now better known in some quarters as “the dishonourable wanderer”—and the distinguished late IGP Solomon Arase, whose funeral suddenly become the stage for a real-life Edo drama.
The former honourable we hear jumped ship midstream at a time from PDP to APC and some people even said he is from one of the Federal constituencies in Edo South.
According to whispers swirling from Benin to Abuja, the said ex-lawmaker—famed for his long speeches and short memory—has found himself in the hottest kind of soup: the family kind. The widow of the late Arase, clearly done with pretenders in agbada, has reportedly issued a royal decree (or something close) banning him from attending her husband’s funeral. Her reason? The man allegedly ran his mouth too freely, casting unprintable aspersions about the cause of the late IGP’s death.
The Igbe/Arase family, never ones to take insults lightly, quickly joined in the chorus. They didn’t just stop at the ban—they reportedly declared the ex-lawmaker persona non grata across the Benin Kingdom. Small wonder that during the solemn rites, the “former Honourable” was as visible as a ghost in broad daylight. The Arase/ igbe family put police men at alert to pick him
But wait—there’s more! Sources in Abuja claim that this same man, whose political career now lives rent-free in the past, was allegedly going around soliciting burial funds from top Nigerians “on behalf of the family”—a family that, apparently, never sent him. One insider was overheard saying, “Even Arase in heaven must be shaking his head.”
Now, the latest street bulletin says there’s an executive village order: if the ex-Honourable dares show his face in Benin City, he should be stripped naked immediately—not symbolically, but literally. It’s the Edo version of “recall from service.”
From the House of Representatives to the House of Shame, the moral of this tale is simple:
When loyalty dies before the man, don’t show up at the burial pretending to mourn him.
