Like chameleon, like Saraki

Literally, chameleon is that animal that can change colours at any time and at wish. It is believed to be one of the coolest reptiles on the planet which has a prowess of rapidly changing from brown to green and vice versa. Sometimes from green to red, and dynamically can change to plaid (a cloth […]

Literally, chameleon is that animal that can change colours at any time and at wish. It is believed to be one of the coolest reptiles on the planet which has a prowess of rapidly changing from brown to green and vice versa. Sometimes from green to red, and dynamically can change to plaid (a cloth having a crisscross design).

Like chameleon, Bukola Saraki’s changeable trait and ability to sway by sordid interest is quite identical. Both the previous and recent scenarios in the political arena have been subjects of references. When it comes to vying for any ambition, he has always been as hungry as a bear which makes some of his contenders believe he is a galoot of no measure. Because, just to achieve his aims, he can go any extra mile with his skinflint device. Although this character might probably feel to be smart of him.

Undoubtedly, one of the attributes of chameleon is how it changes colour whenever it wishes which Bukola Saraki’s political character can be liken to. He is a man of many colours in character. His true colour is hardly known. He had shown one of his colours in his desperate bid for senate presidency. While All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders, including President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo were in a crucial meeting to discuss various APC factions competing for leadership positions in the National Assembly, he, in a partially successful strategy of developing a political base interestingly conducted election with 57 senators present, out of the 109-member body. This action made Buhari to look politically awkward and Tinubu looked like what a friend called “political neophyte.” He garnered the block support of both opposition PDP and some APC senators who broke rank with their parties.

Interestingly, no one can easily forget in a hurry, how his double-dealing tangled PDP in a web of conceptual confusion which has led the party to the irredeemable destruction till date. This is the party that brought him to limelight from his anointed Special Assistant (SA) on Budget under Obasanjo led government in 2000 and the uninterruptedly two term governorship position of Kwara State in 2003 and 2007 respectively. He’s also favoured in 2011 under the same party to have clinched its Kwara Central senatorial ticket.

Despite the benevolent contribution of the PDP to his political profile, he used his excuse of “due process and lack of internal democracy” to cause problems within and left. May be that’s reality of imperial politics.

So like Bukola who is very magical in his tactics. It’s a trait that has made him a magician in the red chamber. He’s a man of very vague political standing.

In his mendacious tales of adventure, Bukola has started his chameleonic trait just to achieve his next ambition which is presidency. This is a desperate move which he set to obtain an advantage in a manner which could not be foreseen. He may succeed in shocking the APC, like he did to PDP just to have his aims accomplished. No matter how he changes from democratic party to progressive party to reformation party or even liberation party, his character can never be changed by either the party’s manifesto or its code of conduct. His taste of old wine (character) will still taste the same even if the product is rebranded.

Alabidun Shuaib Abdulrahman, Abuja [email protected]