She has been ordered to become the personal assistant of her of her former aides when she was a House of Representative member with the PDP.
Here are the details
How else
would one describe the twist in political fate between one time famous female
politician, Folake Olunloyo-Oshinowo and her former personal assistant who is
set to become her boss, Saheed Fijabi.
Like a
scene from a Nollywood movie, Mrs. Folake Olunloyo-Oshinowo is facing the
biggest humiliation of her political life. She is set to become the personal
assistant, to wait for it, her own former personal assistant, Saheed Fijabi.
The plot
of this unbelievable but true story started in 2007 when Mrs. Folake Oshinowo
who is married to Tunde Oshinowo widely known as Teddy Shine in Ibadan social
circle, won an election under the umbrella of the People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) to represent Ibadan South West Federal Constituency at the House of
Representative.
One of
the key figures who ensured that she emerged victorious at the polls was Mr.
Saheed Akinade Fijabi, but, hardly had the euphoria that greeted her victory at
the poll subsided that she started exhibiting the traits of an ingrate.
Worse hit
by her show of ingratitude was the poor Saheed Fijabi who worked tirelessly to
ensure her victory. Widely regarded as Folake’s chief errand man or chief
messenger, Fijabi was more than a faithful servant. It was widely expected that
Folake was going to reward him adequately after she won the elections.
But
contrary to all expectations, Folake, on getting to Abuja neglected and totally
forgot everything about Fijabi who as a result of his boss’ wickedness became a
laughing object before his contemporaries and miserable with Folake’s snobbish
attitude. Fijabi on several occasions traveled to Abuja to see Folake who gave
him a cold reception he never envisaged.
All pleas
by Fijabi to Folake to at least fix him somewhere he could earn a living fell
on deaf ears, it got so bad that Folake eventually blocked all access to him.
But,
rather than wallow in self-pity, Saheed Fijabi took his future into his hands
and started consultation with decision makers and elders of the Ibadan South
West Federal Constituency where Hon Folake Oshinowo had become very unpopular
due to her high handedness.
Since
Folake was flying the PDP flag, Saheed Fijabi pitched his tent with the then
Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and challenged his ex-boss’ re-election bid.
By a stroke of luck, a dint of hard-work and the fact that the people were
tired of Olunloyo, Fijabi soundly and roundly defeated Folake at the polls.
Hence, power changed hands; the errand boy became an Honorable member of the
Federal House of Representative.
When
dawned on her that she was heading for political obscurity and with the winds
of change blowing across the political terrain, Folake saw the handwriting on
the wall and decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) penultimate
week. She then turned to the lion of Lagos politics, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu
for help.
If Folake
thought she will get respite from Asiwaju, she got the biggest shocker of her
life, according to reliable sources who alleged that Asiwaju told her in clear
terms that she has to go back to her constituency where Fijabi is holding sway
as that is the only place where she can get an appointment.
You won’t
believe it that Asiwaju said “You can only work with Saheed Fijabi as PA or you
wait for next 4years if we can get a space for you” he alleged
Folake,
since she was hit with this bombshell has been crying to all who cares to
listen that it is very humiliating for her to start begging her former errand
boy for an appointment while they on the other hand has been telling her to
swallow her pride and go and beg Fijabi. It is yet to be seen if she will heed
her friends’ advice and go to Fijabi to beg for forgiveness.
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