The Anatomy of Desperation: Dismantling the Puppets & Puppeteers of Political Obsolescence
By Martins Chiedozie Ugwu Johnmartinsworldonline@gmail.com The political firmament of Enugu State has recently been treated to a pathetic display of grandstanding by a collection of defeated actors and their rented mouthpiece. In a futile atempt to dim the incandescent brilliance of the ADC State Chairman-elect, Prof. Uchenna Augustine Akubue, these architects of failure have resorted to the most primitive of strategies: the systematic assassination of character where they lack the intellectual weaponry for a debate of ideas. When the disgruntled casualties of the just-concluded ADC State Congress realized they could not match the sophisticated vision of Prof. Akubue, they first attempted to weaponize ancient history. Digging through the archives of resolved legal matters, they hoped to find a stain. Instead, they found only a mirror reflectin their own irrelevance. When that gambit collapsed under the weight of its own insignificance, they pivoted to a more desperate...