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13 BOBOLO OATH What is it you promised us back then Just after Alhadji’s donation to you? In joy you scoured the country Meeting the excited citizenry Fed up with Alhadji’s overstayed tenure. We all looked up to you, Thinking your heart and intentions For the nation as beautiful as your face. And so we ululated your motorcade, Even the Obasinjom warrior chimed celebratory notes And bells of hope as we readied our lives In service to the nation to give under a new deal. Yet soon, yes, soon you will leave us Nothing to show for your rigour. Nothing in the name of moralization But tales of nightly Sabbatic gyrations and hellish rites; Nothing for your exaggerated stay With our airlines gone, SONARA dehydrated, Our hospitals—slaughter houses, The forest into a jagged lawn turned, And the treasury a curettaged womb. What was it you promised us again? ...

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