By SAM OMATSEYE

Sim Fubara has apologized, but how far will that go? The question of the row between son and godfather is less about what pundits and the streets have advanced. It is essentially a breach of sonship. Nyesom Wike is glum about a betrayal of a son. He believes the fellow was trustworthy. The son looked the other way and brought enemies into the house. The same man who said he was poisoned cannot but be wary about the enemy. Maybe hence he has been Nigeria’s executive chef.

He thought Fubara was the good son.

But Fubara is a sort of enigma. Before he was anointed governor, he was in an EFCC furore. He was out of public glare. Some said he was in hiding. What happened to that? Wike brought him under his arm like a mother hen.

But then he appeared beside his mentor. The man never smiled nor frowned in public. His big, bold eyes looked as though unseeing. He must have the most mysterious mien in public office, next to the almost Mona Lisa smile of Gbenga Daniel. Fubara brings to mind Shakespeare’s characterization of Cassius, who never smiled and reads too much. I am not sure of Fubara as a book worm or music lover. But many in Wike’s camp must think him dangerous as Shakespeare called Cassius. During music performances, he never tossed his head in rhythm nor even appreciated with a blink.

But suddenly, he could shout. He could emote. His eyes ran in a million directions. He floated on a mosh pit and stood on a podium aluta-style. At once, he turned a student union leader, a rabble rouser, a begger and a defiant. This same man. That is where there was a breach of sonship. Power happened to Fubara.

The other point was Wike’s structure. It was that same structure that he mobilised against Atiku, and for Tinubu. The same structure was a behemoth against his rivals in the state. The structure that made mincemeat of Atiku, who in his near tearful press conference was making his last hurrah. Atiku is like Hobbes describes some ambitious men with ” a desire for power after power that ceaseth only in death.” Fubara brought the enemy to the door. That compromises not only Wike’s pride but his future. Of what benefit is Wike to the president if he has no base in Rivers State? He knows somebody it has happened to. He does not want that fate on himself. That is essentially where the breach of sonship is. The father gave the kingdom to son, and son sat at dinner with Beelzebub. Was it naivety on the part of Fubara? Was he being nice, or was he scheming? Whatever the story, he has pissed in their common pond. Can both of them ever swim in it? (The Nation: Text, Excluding Headline)

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