THE DEVIL IN GREEN TOGA

I wrote this piece a decade ago after several attempt to overcome the horrible god called 'JAMB'. It caused an uproar in the media and I got an invitation from Funmi Iyanda on New Dawn after she read through. Recently, while I was searching for something in my archives, I stumbled at it and I decided to share on this platform. Enjoy and Comment!

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So I applied…

Just as my colleagues did

With Faith, Hope, Pains and Anguish

First attempt I still mourn

The burial I hold strong in heart

To me, an eye opener it is

With caution and patience

My identity I filled

Making known to them

My true self

Not one thing I withheld

I’m a free man

Whose soul knows no guile

Before dawn, I stood

Checking the moving hand of time

I persevered like my Father’s sermon

Not to be driven by the power of sleep.

I yielded their papers,

At the entrance gate

Fervently waiting for the outpouring time

When seeds and weeds will separate

With smile, I re-plan

Burying the thought of my first reproach

I prepared, indeed

Good intent, my heart speaks

Deep calls into deep

Sunken becomes my heart as I read

Yet, I guide my hands jealously

No excuse, this time

Take no shit, man!

I must do well, rang in my head

For once, let me prove my innocence

In a jiffy,

I let go the burden of time

Leaving the sinful saints

Rack their empty skulls

Brooding, as though they know

In that unholy shell

Where our monitor turned villain

After much persuasion

I logged in with pleasure

The system truly acknowledged my presence

Hoping to see my undoubted success

Alas! My eyes doth see

The reverse of my heart

I grin as I left, but rotten within

How could? How could?

Were the words from my lips

Doth fate show me this evil?

Oh JAMB!

A threat you are, not to me

To those who relent, you become a pain

You glory, you turned down

Marauding beast you are

Causing pains to the virgin

I have become a sinful saint

Then, you smile

Hoping you’ve done well

Bravo!

You’ve grown, I thought

A devil in green toga

To the victim of injustice

That played in the game, I speak for

We’re heroes, no doubt

Be proud my pals

Soonest, we shall become the world greatest

Before long, our heroic deeds shall be known

We’re fighters of the war

For a new world

We shall not remain

A victim for long at the hand of JAMB

We shall break the JAMB

That keeps JAMB an overlord

We shall leap beyond its shores

For you victim of intellectual injustice

I pledge my support

July 30th, 2005; 4.40am

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