About Us(With Furs)

Episode 1 (Continuation)

 

This was Chief Anjo. A well read advocate of Shalanga, who rose to prominence after a successful representation at the All Rodents Court where he won a claim against Unwusi Republic over four fingers of well ripen plantain. He premised his arguments on the principle of finder`s rights. Unknown to the opposing side he got wind of the principle from the conversation of two humans.

“I believe our generation should be wise. I recommend a 15 man panel that would go on nocturnal missions to bring us essential commodities for the next few months. An incontrovertible fact is that we are lower animals; the humans will forever be our head. Even in the Holy Bible,Genesis 1:26 , Adam is given “dominion over the fish and the sea, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth”. So what are we trying to deliberate here? Soldier here is saying fight, lawyer here is saying court. Don’t we see our outside world here Nigeria. Do any of these make impact on the people. Soldiers cannot protect lives and property, Boko Haram, Niger Delta Avengers, they are all there. The lawyers nko. Justice they cannot give. In fact these ones are the worst. Collecting money and selling cases and claims. Chief Anjo and you say you have read book. Your book did not teach you well at all. Is it the same system of the outside world that you want to use to fight for Shalanga Republic. Teacher don’t teach me nonsense. “ Chief Gida said.

Chief Gida was a realist of a different stock from Bacha. While Bacha was always biased by the feeling of revenge and hatred , he always liked to say things the way they seemed. This had not been working really well for him. At a young age he told an elder that his upper teeth were too big even if this was a characteristic of their specie. Indeed that was true, the elder`s teeth was unnaturally bigger than most of the people in Shalanga , but as they say it`s not what you say but how you say it.

The Oba had been quiet all along looking from three cardinal points at his subordinates. His republic was under incoming extinction and the rancorous nature of the council meeting didn’t help matters. He would have to summon an all citizen summit where all the people would decide what to be done. Such a decision cannot be done by taken by a collection of men sitting on a round table. He had heard so much about how the outside world had a law that didn’t have the ordinary people`s input and how it has been referred to as mistake.

“I have heard all your suggestions and I must say, I am proud to be from Shalanga Republic. You have shown today how much you care for the state in your different ways. However, in my opinion this decision we are about to make isn’t one to be done on a roundtable. It’s a very delicate situation which needs the whole state`s input. All citizens of Shalanga Republic need to be heard. We are just a minute proportion and how much do we know of the vast majority which we intend to make a decision for. We need to be very careful here, the last thing we want is an uprising in our nation. Therefore, I would invoke the provisions of section 306 of Shalanga Republic Constitution. An All Citizen`s Summit needs to be summoned with a referendum to   determine the next step forward, whether we go to war, or we remain in the enclaves or we migrate.”

“But sir”

“Enough! But me not buts”

The Oba quickly made his stance clear to Chief Bacha. He continued .   

“ Well, we do know that each one of us can campaign for the decision we want taken. War ,peace, isolationism, whatever it is we want. This meeting is hereby adjourned”