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De-cap-itated!

By Phrank Shaibu

Thomas Nast, the famous American cartoonist, created the political symbols of the Elephant and the Donkey, respectively, for the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in the United States of America.

Even before that time in the late 19th century, the use of political symbols has been an enduring concept dating back to the Middle Ages.

As a matter of fact, the Swastika, which became known as the symbol of Adolph Hitler of the then Nazi , is renowned to have a much older history than the Nazi Movement.

For centuries, the Swastika, which literally means ‘good fortune’ had been a symbol of nationalism for many civilizations before it got adopted by Hitler, who made it become the symbol of hate and outlaws.

The symbol of the broken shackles popularized by the Statue of Liberty represents an expression of freedom from slavery and oppression into a world of human liberty and unfettered access to the rights of the individual.

The broken shackle has remained a symbol of the free world and has become the nominal feature for the preservation of human rights and equality.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), in its October 2014 documentary titiled: “How the world loved the Swastika – until Hitler stole it,” said: “In the Western world, the swastika is synonymous with fascism, but it goes back thousands of years and has been used as a symbol of good fortune in almost every culture in the world.”

The broken shackle, which has long been adopted as a symbolism for ers of President Bola Tinubu sadly, enjoys the same fate as the swastika in the reckoning of Nigerians today.

For Nigerians, the broken shackle is no longer about freedom and human rights. It is the very opposite of it.

President Tinubu in a campaign soapbox in Ogun State where he made the infamous Emilokan remarks, which is a selfish and arrogant ownership claim to power, has since made the broken shackle a symbol of oppression and political rascality.

During the 2023 presidential campaign and up till the early days of the Tinubu istration, his ers were proud of adorning the broken shackle symbol on their caps in avid imitation of President Tinubu – a fad that soon became known as the Emilokan caps.

But today, the reality is that no one goes about wearing the Emilokan caps again for the simple reason that it has become the symbols of oppression and a sore source of embarrassment to the ers of President Tinubu.

ers of the President are held together by the belief that he has the credentials of a democrat who, if given the chance to leadership, will use the opportunity to protect human rights and freedom. They also believe in his ability to create shared prosperity by improving the national economy.

The long-held theory that the Tinubu’s statecraft gave birth to the prosperous Lagos economy further oriented his ers to see the possibility of Tinubu’s istration as the making of a prosperous Nigeria.

Like of the Third Reich that had an over-inflated appeal to German nationalism and race purity, Emilokan ers in Nigeria too, soon began to see an appeal to the ideal of Chief Obafemi Awolowo in the person of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

But now, it is clear to all that the broken shackles personality symbol of Bola Tinubu is not about freedom from oppression but about a fascist style control of state powers.

Everyone now knows that Emilokan is not about shared prosperity for all but about a rabid appropriation of state assets to personal ownership.

Everyone now knows that Tinubu didn’t build Lagos.

It is also clear for everyone to see that Tinubu is not Awolowo and that all the years of imagining himself as a progressive has ended up as an iconic political impersonation fraud of grand proportions.

The defeat of the German army led to the swastika becoming an item never to be displayed anymore in the public space. So, too, has the Emilokan caps become relics of political deception and disappointment in the wardrobes of those who used to wear it. Even the once-eager vendors who proudly displayed the Emilokan caps at bustling traffic lights and strategic street corners now find themselves burdened by them. What was once a prized symbol of political fervor has become an unwanted relic, gathering dust as no one bothers to ask for them anymore. The caps, once seen as a beacon of hope and power, have now turned into silent reminders of promises unfulfilled, leaving these sellers with a product that has lost its allure and meaning.


Shaibu is Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, Vice President of Nigeria (1999-2007) and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (2023).

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Useless caption from a useless correspondent

Large number of people still publicly attended EDO APC rally just two days ago, this one sit down for Enugwu-Ukwu dey assume shiii

Lol! Try it and your life will never remain the same again.

Noise makers have come again.

You may leave the filling station in a casket

Hehehe 😆

Wear the cap and get immediate CHINESE citizenship ASAP

No need for embassy

DevilsEqual:

your mind don finally touch ground abi? Or you still dey teach Pitobi lesson

Hehehe helinues shots been fired 🤣🤣

An agbero has nothing to offer Nigerians.

fuckingAyaya:
You may leave the filling station in a casket

Nothing will happen.

Q

fuckingAyaya:
your mind don finally touch ground abi? Or you still dey teach Pitobi lesson

You dey mind the bsc, msc, PhD holder 🤣

Him still dey suck him mama bwest. Wait make dem no fit give am subscription money first then see as him and opera mini go dey fight

Try it and later give testimony in church for saving ur life. Or try it ur ppl will give Thanksgiving in church for ur successful burial.

fuckingAyaya:
your mind don finally touch ground abi? Or you still dey teach Pitobi lesson

I no mention Pity giirigoory, but as you wan set am up for drag, I go help u curse am

That inconsequential, world-renowned failure is doomed forever and if teaching him some lessons is all thats needed to see the country go through rough stages into its greatness, then I will be happy to see it through


Obi is the dumbest man to ever rule any Nigerian state. My heart is with every Anambra person that witnessed his shitty reign

Stop the hate for the sake of God. Things are not as bad as you guys are portraying it.

The demonic insignia of pain, hardship, suffering, anguish and disillusionment.

fuckingAyaya:
your mind don finally touch ground abi? Or you still dey teach Pitobi lesson

Stop being delusional. With all these bitterness by you and you kinsmen one thousand obis will not still win election in Nigeria.

Meanwhile, as a human welfare er, this government is the most callous of all government ever witnessed in Nigeria

COMRADES are speechless

You go tire

NLCreator:

Is Daily Trust now a political party?

fuckingAyaya:
your mind don finally touch ground abi? Or you still dey teach Pitobi lesson

Goan sit down...

No one is teaching the Pandora criminal called Obi any lesson.
A primitive 3rd class citizen who is also a thief and a liar is who you expect me to have regard for and be teaching lessons?

Obi and the entire SE are too insignificant in Nigerian politics.

Ariri

DevilsEqual:


Useless comment from a useless twitter

Large number of people still publicly attended EDO APC rally, this one sit down for Enugwu-Ukwu dey assume shiii

No need making noise on NL, just wear the cap and go outside. Dem go deface you with blows.

Gboom:

Stop being delusional. With all these bitterness by you and you kinsmen one thousand obis will not still win election in Nigeria.

Meanwhile, as a human welfare er, this government is the most callous of all government ever witnessed in Nigeria

You forgot to log out from your alternate . Oops!!!

Shame on Tinubu and all his ers.

By God's grace, you all must feel the pain this wicked government is inflicting on Nigerians.

Na so we go dey read news

DevilsEqual:


Useless comment from a useless twitter

Large number of people still publicly attended EDO APC rally, this one sit down for Enugwu-Ukwu dey assume shiii

Hey zombie
It's daily trust
Quickly delete your comment before people see it

NLCreator:

Cap of the occult magician.

Shadomaan7:
Stop the hate for the sake of God. Things are not as bad as you guys are portraying it.

Who is this?
Werey

I swear u won't come back home alive