Ek-PDP, The Toothless 'Riro' Barking Like a Palace Eunuch in a Fit of Rage

September 5, 2024 

A local and malnourished dog is often called Rírò or Bingo in Ekiti. These breeds, which the Ondo-Ẹ̀gin dog-eaters often refer to as Lokili, are powerless, ineffective, and mostly considered stray dogs. 

These types of breeds can easily be tamed with food and caught by dog poachers for meat. The toothless ones among them are the most useless, lacking both social and security value. 

Their canines, often worn down from countless futile battles with other Rírò or Bingo, render them harmless. They can bark, but that's where their power ends; they lack the strength to make them useful dogs. 

Much like these toothless Ríròs, the castrated palace guards of old, the eunuchs, served the kings diligently. To gain the loyalty and trust of the kings, these palace eunuchs had to undergo castration to ensure they posed no threat to the queens. 

Just like the horse in a book (Ẹṣhin inú Ìwé), they had the appearance of strength and often boasted of their abilities, but their power was limited. They had the will and the desire, but the capability to bring their intentions to fruition was long gone. 

Just like the toothless Ríròs and the palace eunuchs of old, the Ekiti PDP has become a shadow of its former self. They bark loudly, rattling the airwaves with grandiose claims and criticisms. But when it comes to concrete action, to making their intentions realistic, they fall short. 

In their desperate and futile efforts to remain relevant, they have even gone to ADC to recruit a political neophyte to come to their rescue, someone without political clout, who couldn't win his own polling unit in the 2022 governorship election. 

Johnson Ola Folarin, a political analyst popularly known as JOF, said of the PDP's show of shame: 

"It's so sad to see the minor the PDP has become in Ekiti. 

"A party that boasted to be the largest in Africa at a time has now ridiculously been reduced to a party celebrating the ADC's former governorship candidate who didn't even secure 6,000 votes during the last general election. 

"He even lost in his ward to the APC. If we were to join Oluyede's votes with those of the PDP, the SDP scored higher than the two of them. 

"So pathetic that now they're saying Oluyede's entry to the PDP will give them victory. Has the PDP fallen this low, hopeless, and powerless?" JOF asked. 

⁤The constant WhatsApp violent expressions of their urchins are nothing but the enraged barks of a powerless force, desperately trying to remain relevant. It is  as Shakespeare said in Macbeth; their vituperation is like a tale told by a fool, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

⁤They have lost their bite, their ability to come back to life has been reduced to mere noise. ⁤⁤Like the eunuchs who guarded the palace without the threat of overstepping their bounds, the Ekiti PDP now guards the periphery of political relevance, unable to challenge the status quo in any meaningful way. ⁤

⁤Their criticisms, no matter how vociferous, are just echoes of their lost power. ⁤⁤While they may still bark, the people of Ekiti have come to realize that the bark of a toothless Rírò is just noise, not a threat. ⁤