The Animal Kingdom By Collin Frank Drogba

Uncle! Uncle! Their voices came ringing like the early bell of the morning mass précising through the wee morning hour; they were my nephews whom in the joy of their excursion came to narrate to me on how they visited the zoo.

These young lads were narrating their ordeal of how the monkey attacked one of them who had a biscuit on her hand. Unfortunately for the girl, another monkey seeing how stingy the girl was by refusing to give out the biscuit, came straight away and collected the biscuit. This resulted to the girl crying and the guider extorted that the monkey eats everything human beings eat.

Sternly within myself, I laughed. This scenario reminds me of the present situation in our country, where animals have in turn dined and wined with human beings. This gave me a provoking thought making me to believe if the allegorical novella of  George orwell in animal farm had this country in mind when he was writing his master piece.

For series of time, we have  heard silly and unimaginable stories that have gone viral via the social networks of how monkeys, snakes, rats and hyenas have overnight turned into billionaires and we tend to take it hook line and sinker.

Firstly, it started with the stories of how the rat invaded the presidential office and destroyed the office. Not quite long after the rat saga, snakes came into the scene as the agwọ n’elo ego 1 of the federal republic of Nigeria, making away with N36million from the jamb office. I wonder if the government has grown so incompetence that they lack the capital to maintain a dry cleaner who could get the grass around the office trimmed or could it be that the government lacked money to buy anti snake since snakes are now their new co-worker. Although a story had it that one senator came to the office too with the anti poison to actually get the snake to vomit the money. But the question is, did he eventually get the snake?

Shortly after the snake incident, senator Sani revealed that 70million belonging to the northern senators was made away by a monkey at senator Adamu's farm in Nasarawa state. Imagine such stories as if we have turned to kids who enjoy moonlights fairy tales.

Most Nigerians find this funny, for Christ sake this is no longer a funny jokeoo. The handshake has crossed the elbow. What will the world think of us? A country where animals become millionaire? Oh! For crying out loud, these people should stop deceiving themselves thinking they are deceiving us. Days are gone when one says anything and he is believed. People are now educated and learned. We Nigerians don’t even know what to believe again. Our information panel cannot be trusted any longer. There is lie every where. Why won’t there be when we have Lai as our information minister. People open their mouth to say unreasonable and illogical statement to cover up their evil deeds and practices.

Where will this lead us? When will Nigerians be done with animals business? When will lunacy come to an end? When will animal cease to be blamed for all the woes of Nigeria?

What are the causes of animal madness and addiction to money? We Nigerians have made enough fun of these incidents. We should get serious and tell ourselves the human truth.

We seem to be in the era of animals greater than man. Mais les Ngérians peuvent-ils j’amais vivre ὰ labri de la tyrannie de leurs maîtres des animaux?( but can Nigerians ever live free from the tyranny of their animal master.

C’est ton ami Collins Frank  (DROGBA)