And when the war ended, the victors sat down to share the
spoils. One region got the oil wells and the other region got the foreign
companies.
The vanquished region got two sets of gifts. While some got
£20 each, others got to keep the houses in their own part of the vanquished
region belonging to those who got only £20.
After six years, those who got £20 started, once more, to
build multistorey residential homes in their part of the vanquished region. One
town in the region cornered the pharmaceutical industry, another transportation
and automotive spare parts, another town took the electronics and electrical
market, yet another took the textiles market and another the building materials
market. Now, the vanquished control all these markets in the entire sub-region
and beyond. God indeed blessed his own people and they prospered.
Those who got oil wells and the foreign companies accused
those who lost their houses and got £20 of being ritualists. As for those who
got the houses belonging to those who got only £20, one protested vehemently
and was hanged by those who got the oil wells, as most of the oil wells are in
that region of the vanquished who got the houses belonging to the vanquished
who got only £20.
Those who got the oil wells also got to keep power and
government, inviting those who got the foreign companies to share the
privileges and appurtenances thereof from time to time. They shared the revenue
from the oil wells to the exclusion of those who got £20 and those who got the
houses belonging to those who got only £20.
Because the victors got the government and power, they also
created all forms of schemes and devices to enrich themselves and slow the
growth and development of the vanquished. They even made these schemes
important provisions in the current Nigerian constitution.
However, the vanquished who got only £20 still continue to
prosper, producing many billionaires, authors, artists, scientists,
sportspeople, distinguished professors, erudite jurists, medical professionals,
lawyers and stubborn agitators. Whatsoever those who got £20 touched prospered.
Like the Hebrews in Egypt, the vanquished are like the Army of Locusts.
Now, those who got £20 want to leave the country. Even the
agitation has prospered in its vehemence. But those who got the oil wells and
the foreign companies are opposing them.
Remember that the victors have the oil wells and the foreign
companies. The victors also got the government and power. The vanquished got
only £20 and lost their houses.
Now, what does the victors want? Probably human blood. They
drank from over 2 million bodies of the vanquished before the war ended, and
they have been drinking periodically even since. They recently drank from over
150 of the vanquished.
And that is the Parable of a country.
*First published by Emeka Maduewusi in Lower
Niger Congress USA
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