When the President of the country displayed his lack of ignorance for protocol by directly calling KWAM 1 to commensurate with him on the demise of his mother. The Fuji legend returned the gesture by his own disregard for decorum. An Igbo adage goes that a man who gives his son the marching order, to go and attack his neighbor. Should expect the worst result. With our silence on the significant implication of that phone call. We should expect the worst from KWAM 1.
And what was the worst that could have happened from that plane incident. A plane crash that might have involved the loss of many lives. That is the repercussion of coercive behavior we love to ignore. Power abuse happens when people like KWAM 1 exploit their authority to demean, control, or marginalize ordinary citizens. He put the President on speaker phone for us to hear and be intimidated.
No reprimand from the authorities that should know better. We acted like the inappropriate was the normal thing to do. Afterall, he is the drummer boy of the President. He made Tinubu.
So, what is wrong in drinking alcohol on plane. Making the plane crash. Putting his own life and many others in jeopardy.
People like KWAM 1 lack emotional intelligence and the self-awareness to understand the burden of proximity to power. The need to protect the image of the President that he says he grew up with in Ita-garawu. His bad behavior did not start with this plane incident.
It will not end with it. It may end with the loss of lives. Including his. But what does a bastard like me know? Let me continue to GANUSI. One day God will put butter on my bread. Like KWAM 1.
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Ah, here we go again!!! the writer is turning a routine condolence call into a full blown national security crisis. You speak of “presidential decorum” like it’s some mystical code, yet miss the fact that leaders all over the world from Washington to Tokyo do pick up the phone to personally console people they know. It’s called being human, not a coup against protocol.
And this gem of an argument that “drinking alcohol on a plane could cause a crash”. Seriously? Really seriously??? Airlines literally sell alcohol on board. They list wine and whiskey right next to the peanuts on the menu. If a gin and tonic could bring down a Boeing, the aviation industry would have gone dry decades ago. Drunken behaviour can be a problem, yes. But let’s not pretend a single sip turns a 747 into a kamikaze.
As for KWAM 1 putting the President on speakerphone, maybe it was tacky, maybe it was showing off, but to spin it as some calculated act of “intimidation” is a stretch that could snap a steel cable. Sometimes bad manners are just… bad manners, not a power-grab.
If the writers point is that KWAM 1 can be arrogant or careless, fine! say that. But loading it with conspiracy theories, imaginary aviation disasters, and a confused lecture on “protocol” makes it sound less like reasoned criticism and more like a personal grudge dressed in borrowed wisdom.