Ogba: Welcome the athletics oil sheikh to his second term

Omatseye Nesiama and Solomon Ogba at the AYAC in Warri…coasting home to a home run for second term?

If all things, like economists are wont to say, remains equal, it is a smooth sail to a second term for Mr. Solomon Ogba. Delegates to the elections holding in Abuja will enjoy the cozy Transcorp Hilton and business class flights from their bases to Abuja and post the election will earn half a million Naira for being loyal.
This is the juicy package for electors who will vote in for second term the outgoing President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Solomon Ogba. One of the delegates said, “a military officer got in touch with me, gave me these details asking me to shift away from the life of poverty and enjoy what is good. I almost shed tears looking at what future holds after these brief enjoyment,” said the coach who turned down an earlier bait from Mr Ogba’s camp.
The delegates are to be camped together to make House of Representatives member, Ibrahim Gusau not have access to them. Gusau, we were told is contesting for the federation’s Presidency. Also named is Prof Tunde Makanju as a possible candidate. So, to us, these two must not come together while we work our schemes out and secure the victory. With Gadzama and the Kwara in our side, we have started partying. We have won. Enemies especially those writing dirty things about Ogba can have more to write,” said our source in their camp.
Another member who turned down Ogba said “it is sad that the officer who hangs the equivalent of a Brigadier-General can become an errand boy to Ogba. It hurts my head. What does he want? What shocked me the more was Gadzama who I had seen as the first athlete that will lead the federation. I cried when I heard the story. I have wished it is not true,” said this former international.
To show how the election will go, our source pointedly asked about the votes at a recent chat with some reporters in Warri, the outgoing President was quoted to have said of a medical doctor who was supposed to be his armada, he snided the doctor with “anytime I say let’s go to the USA, he runs. He won’t ever go to the USA because of his criminal records. No wonder he has no wife in his house. He is such a useless man.” Yet, he counted his vote as “unshaking’. We are checking to find out who this doctor is. When we know, we shall let you also know.
Of the ‘outside votes’ expected to deliver for him, Messrs Tunde Abdulkareem and Wadzani Tafida Gadzama having enjoyed a Doha trip would have been handsomely settled and these two votes are as good as in the kitty.
Like they say in baseball, it is a homerun, walk, sprint, jog, crawl it is like no one can stop the Sheikh of Nigerian athletics, Solomon Ogba. Their eggs have been counted and they will be hatched.