Sam Amadi And The Wheezing Fragrance Of A Chameleon -By Jarlath Uche Opara

“I just had conversations with Peter Mba, Enugu Governor. He impressed a lot. His entrepreneurial governance ideas, functional approach, & simple lifestyle are desirable changes we need in the Southeast.

I like that he shares some of my ideas of community-based economic prosperity”

The above was the tweet of Dr. Sam Amadi. His choice of words and the way it was couched speaks truth to the very nature of his hidden self. For those who knew Sam, in his early days as a public analyst in AIT “Focus” anchored then by Gbenga Aruleba before he eventually became Chairman of Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) would be surprised that such tweet emanated from him. He has been an advocate of justice, fairness, equity and rule of law. One wonders what has changed, may be he was under a spell?

Though change is permanent, changing from bad to good is always a desirable one. How Sam changed from the echelon of having an Impeccable strong character to the denizen of “stomach enfrastructure” praise singer, eating from his vomit of 15 March 2023 beats the imagination of any decent person.

The fragrance of who he is, is gradually wheezing through our noses and one can comfortably say it stinks.

What is the difference between Mba and Bola? No difference at all, only that one is Igbo and the other is Yoruba. They are twins in election manipulations, sitting on a mandate that isn’t theirs. Both were defeated flat by the Obident movement and both are busy shopping for greedy and desperate people who would fall for any cake to validate injustice and rape of democratic processes.

To know that Sam could possibly be singing praises to someone whose conduct in an election was thuggish, manipulated results in a very barefaced manner is in the lest saddening.

White Eagle shouldn’t dance around oily spot, however careful they are; they will be stained. The Eagle has suddenly turned into a vulture because of hunger.

Eating from the slums and hovering over carcases, hoping to swoop on them at the opportuned time is now the stock in trade of one who once exhibited traits of a lion.

How desperate can he be? How hungry can Sam be? To the point of throwing all that he ever worked for on a trash can for a porridge that wouldn’t last and may not be commensurate with his years of stellar advocacy for rule of law?

How saddening! How pitiable! The mighty has fallen! The wind has blown and the hidden stinking part of once admired gentle man unveiled.

That tweet may seem pedestrian but the message it sent deep and worrisome! Sam is gone! Dr. Amadi has eventually buried whatever future he thinks he has in politics and his years of moral and ethical castle sunk in a twinkle.

Let those close to Sam Amadi tell him that the end can only be justified by the means. Let them tell him that process is key in anything if it must be called honourable. Wealth, riches, success, victory etc with a questionable process is robbery and robbery cannot stand the pull and shoves of ethical principles, surely it must give way with time.

Let them tell him that a faulty foundation cannot hold anything honorable. He should be told too that stolen things are stolen however imparting their use is . He should be tutored that stolen mandate remains stolen and the thief that perfected it, remains a thief even with good intentions.

Sam Amadi! Nigerians have known you in your real colour and Imolites have equally perceived the fragrance of your Chameleonic tendencies. When you were accused of being a mole planted by someone to stop the emergence of Gen Ogunewe as labour party gubernatorial flag bearer, many of us thought it was a set up. With this tweet and your recent body language, one wonders if indeed you were not guilty as accused?

If Sam Amadi can stoop this low to glorify a product from a manipulated process, then one wouldn’t be surprised to see him commend a notorious yahoo yahoo person for using his money to facilitate a community based economic prosperity that aligns with Sam entrepreneurial governance ideas.

I weep for Sam for the white Eagle is stained and its crave for dead things at a crescendo.

Jarlath Uche Opara Jarlathuche@gmail.com