THE ONLY SIN OF KENNETH GBAGI - BEING A POLITICIAN THAT CANNOT BE CONTROLLED BY THE POLITICAL CABAL IN DELTA STATE
May 1, 2021 | News
Regardless of what has been said, or being said about the person and character of Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, the only sin that I can say is the reason for all the attacks, is simply because he is the one with a tough character, who cannot be controlled and manipulated by any political cabal in Delta State.
-By Zik Gbemre
THE ONLY SIN OF KENNETH GBAGI - BEING A POLITICIAN THAT CANNOT BE CONTROLLED BY THE POLITICAL CABAL IN DELTA STATE
Gbagi is being crucified in public for just being a shrewd business man and politician who cannot be controlled and used...
Dishonesty has become a culture and norm amongst Nigerian employees, which has ruined many businesses in Nigeria...
For a matter that is in the law court, those peddling stories about the person of Gbagi should focus on their case and not on social media platforms...
Gbagi remains the best PDP governorship candidate amongst the pack of PDP aspirants...
My support for Gbagi is strictly based on my personal principles...
Regardless of what has been said, or being said about the person and character of Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, the only sin that I can say is the reason for all the attacks, is simply because he is the one with a tough character, who cannot be controlled and manipulated by any political cabal in Delta State. Gbagi is one who is not answerable to any Godfather, or be used as a stooge to satisfy some selfish interests of those bent on having the State within their grabs. And most importantly, Gbagi is not James Ibori's loyalist, and he seen as a hard nut to crack within the Delta State's political space.
It is for these reasons and more, that I am seeing the conspiracies against Kenneth Gbagi, which some Delta State Governorship aspirants have resorted to use his hotel workers to dent his public image.
Like every other human being on earth who is not perfect, Gbagi has his own shortcomings too. He is not perfect. He is bound to make mistakes every now and then. However, most of the stories being peddled around about the person of Kenneth Gbagi are simply falsehood. There was a time a rumour that Gbagi rears lions in one of his residences, was spread by Okada people (commercial motorcyclists), who were used by politicians then. Till now, people still believe he has lions in his homes, both in the urban cities and his home town of Oginibo in Ughelli South LGA of Delta. That Gbagi lives with cageless lions. And I bet there will be more spurious allegations against Gbagi, expected as the 2023 elections are drawing near.
It is without a doubt that Kenneth Gbagi is a shrewd business man. According to Amos Nyevwen Okpobe, a grassroots advocate for good governance: "There are just too many thieves in the Nigerian society, and when they are not allowed to have their ways, the next thing is to blackmail an innocent man. What I am even more worried about is that, why is all this coming up at this particular time? I can only draw one logical conclusion; this is the handiwork of some BAD politicians who want to get elected into office by all means. And now that they see Kenneth Gbagi as a threat to their ambition, what is left is to spoil his reputation. Well let's see how it will play out. But everybody now knows the true colors of Delta State Politicians from the time of James Ibori till now. As said by Abraham Lincoln: "YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME, AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME, BUT YOU CAN NOT FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME."
Just look at the countless killings, kidnappings, displacement of people from their ancestral lands, and looting of public treasuries with impunity and reckless abandon. And one may ask: Who are the grand patrons/heroes in our Urhobo land of the Delta Central? They are ex-convict James Ibori, Ighoyota Amori and few others still serving in Delta government, Delta State Legislature or Senate/National Legislature of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or one thing or the other, all of whom were not relevant before they were unscripted into politics. Who were these people before 1999? They are not owners of any known businesses anywhere. But today they are amongst the richest people in Delta State.
This is a country where those who created the present insecurity and harsh economic conditions are the heroes of Delta State and Nigeria.
Speaking of the allegations being peddled against Kenneth Gbagi to tarnish his image, why are the Gbagi hotel workers going to the social media with these stories, rather than pursue their case in the law courts? From the stories and videos being circulated, they accepted that they were tipped, and they took the money through dubious means from apparently dubious persons concerned, particularly from what they said in the Arise TV interview video shared online. No matter what, they should not have accepted such money from hotel guests through their personal accounts. That is not business ethics. There is so much to this story that they are now telling the public.
More so, people can do practically anything these days because of money, including shedding tears on TV video which they share online. The sad thing is that majority of the people are just gullible and they accept things from face value without asking relevant questions and looking at things critically with open mind.
Just look around Warri and the entire country, the factories/businesses are no longer there. The only businesses that are thriving in Nigeria are the churches/schools. Most of the companies are relocating to Ghana and South Africa due to dishonest practices that have been officially accepted by Nigerians. Dangote is using Indians and Chinese as his top management staff and workers in all his factories, houses, refineries, construction sites and businesses, due to these bad attitudes of Nigerians with their dishonesty. There is a rumour going round that the owner of Innoson Motors is planning to relocate his main motor factory to one of the Asian countries. And we expect that things will automatically change for the better in this State and Country. It doesn't work that way.
The Dubai of today was built and developed by human beings and not by spirits.
It is time for us to ask questions of, where we have got it all wrong. I was told also that Coca-Cola is about relocating to Ghana. The Dunlop and Michelin factories have long relocated from Nigeria to other African countries they consider safer and sane. Most of the large scale farms have collapsed today, except the few ones like Obasanjo farms. If it is someone like Obasanjo, he will even give you the beating you deserve if he discovers any foul play in his farm business. Which is part of the reason his farms are still functioning.
Where are the Michael Ibru SKOL beer brewery in Agbarha-Otor Town in Ughelli North LGA of Delta State? Pepsi cola and Mitchell farms in Mosogar Town in Ethiope West of Delta State today? Imagine the Ibru Skol brewery was located in his own home town of Agbarha-Otor Town in Ughelli North? The Mitchell farms in Ovwor in his mother home Town in Ughelli South and Mosogar Town in Ethiope West has longed collapsed.
The gross alarming level of dishonest practices by Nigerian employees has ruined many businesses and have adversely affected the entire country's economy. Most Nigerian young people don't want to live an honest life. And they want to own a private jet, live in opulence without hard work or having any legitimate business means of making that kind of money.
I respect Kenneth Gbagi for providing business infrastructure and businesses that will employ young Nigerians. But he is also a shrewd business man who does not play with his business, so as not to allow it collapse. If the man is not tough, they would have ruined all his businesses.
Among the Delta State PDP Governorship aspirants, Gbagi is the only person that has legitimate personal businesses. The 98% politicians of Delta State feed, and rely on public funds to live their life of splendor. How do we run a State and country like?
The popular Hotel Excel was taken over by some banks some years ago. If not for the efforts of some of us, Sterling bank would have also taken over another known hotel in Effurun because they were heavily indebted. Even till this moment, the hotel is still heavily indebted. I know the role I played in order to protect the jobs of some Nigerians in that hotel then. So, in my opinion, the young ladies and the young man in the Arise Tv video being circulated, are just being used by politicians, who have never owned any businesses of their own since they were born, to try and tarnish the public image of Gbagi. They want to regroup and find their way into the government house to loot more.
Again, since the matter is already in the court, then why going to the social media with the same stories? Why can't they pursue their case in the court? They know they have no case, hence they are running from one media house to another to spread their stories on the social media for blackmail. There are just too many thieves in Nigeria.
In case you are wondering why I am writing this, I have not taken a dime from any politician and they know this fact. I support Gbagi based on my personal principles amongst all of them in PDP. And no matter how they paint him bad, Gbagi is still the best PDP Delta state Governorship aspirant as far as I am concerned. I have carefully studied all the PDP governorship aspirants. I don't believe in pretence.
This is just my opinion on those politicians ganging up against a hard working man like Gbagi. The only fault of Kenneth Gbagi is that he doesn't pretend one bit. He will tell you bluntly how it is without hiding his mind. Gbagi is also open and generous to a fault. Those doing all of this are simply scared of Gbagi because you can't control him. This is my take!
Zik Gbemre.
May 1st,2021
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes
-By Zik Gbemre
THE ONLY SIN OF KENNETH GBAGI - BEING A POLITICIAN THAT CANNOT BE CONTROLLED BY THE POLITICAL CABAL IN DELTA STATE
Gbagi is being crucified in public for just being a shrewd business man and politician who cannot be controlled and used...
Dishonesty has become a culture and norm amongst Nigerian employees, which has ruined many businesses in Nigeria...
For a matter that is in the law court, those peddling stories about the person of Gbagi should focus on their case and not on social media platforms...
Gbagi remains the best PDP governorship candidate amongst the pack of PDP aspirants...
My support for Gbagi is strictly based on my personal principles...
Regardless of what has been said, or being said about the person and character of Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, the only sin that I can say is the reason for all the attacks, is simply because he is the one with a tough character, who cannot be controlled and manipulated by any political cabal in Delta State. Gbagi is one who is not answerable to any Godfather, or be used as a stooge to satisfy some selfish interests of those bent on having the State within their grabs. And most importantly, Gbagi is not James Ibori's loyalist, and he seen as a hard nut to crack within the Delta State's political space.
It is for these reasons and more, that I am seeing the conspiracies against Kenneth Gbagi, which some Delta State Governorship aspirants have resorted to use his hotel workers to dent his public image.
Like every other human being on earth who is not perfect, Gbagi has his own shortcomings too. He is not perfect. He is bound to make mistakes every now and then. However, most of the stories being peddled around about the person of Kenneth Gbagi are simply falsehood. There was a time a rumour that Gbagi rears lions in one of his residences, was spread by Okada people (commercial motorcyclists), who were used by politicians then. Till now, people still believe he has lions in his homes, both in the urban cities and his home town of Oginibo in Ughelli South LGA of Delta. That Gbagi lives with cageless lions. And I bet there will be more spurious allegations against Gbagi, expected as the 2023 elections are drawing near.
It is without a doubt that Kenneth Gbagi is a shrewd business man. According to Amos Nyevwen Okpobe, a grassroots advocate for good governance: "There are just too many thieves in the Nigerian society, and when they are not allowed to have their ways, the next thing is to blackmail an innocent man. What I am even more worried about is that, why is all this coming up at this particular time? I can only draw one logical conclusion; this is the handiwork of some BAD politicians who want to get elected into office by all means. And now that they see Kenneth Gbagi as a threat to their ambition, what is left is to spoil his reputation. Well let's see how it will play out. But everybody now knows the true colors of Delta State Politicians from the time of James Ibori till now. As said by Abraham Lincoln: "YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME, AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME, BUT YOU CAN NOT FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME."
Just look at the countless killings, kidnappings, displacement of people from their ancestral lands, and looting of public treasuries with impunity and reckless abandon. And one may ask: Who are the grand patrons/heroes in our Urhobo land of the Delta Central? They are ex-convict James Ibori, Ighoyota Amori and few others still serving in Delta government, Delta State Legislature or Senate/National Legislature of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or one thing or the other, all of whom were not relevant before they were unscripted into politics. Who were these people before 1999? They are not owners of any known businesses anywhere. But today they are amongst the richest people in Delta State.
This is a country where those who created the present insecurity and harsh economic conditions are the heroes of Delta State and Nigeria.
Speaking of the allegations being peddled against Kenneth Gbagi to tarnish his image, why are the Gbagi hotel workers going to the social media with these stories, rather than pursue their case in the law courts? From the stories and videos being circulated, they accepted that they were tipped, and they took the money through dubious means from apparently dubious persons concerned, particularly from what they said in the Arise TV interview video shared online. No matter what, they should not have accepted such money from hotel guests through their personal accounts. That is not business ethics. There is so much to this story that they are now telling the public.
More so, people can do practically anything these days because of money, including shedding tears on TV video which they share online. The sad thing is that majority of the people are just gullible and they accept things from face value without asking relevant questions and looking at things critically with open mind.
Just look around Warri and the entire country, the factories/businesses are no longer there. The only businesses that are thriving in Nigeria are the churches/schools. Most of the companies are relocating to Ghana and South Africa due to dishonest practices that have been officially accepted by Nigerians. Dangote is using Indians and Chinese as his top management staff and workers in all his factories, houses, refineries, construction sites and businesses, due to these bad attitudes of Nigerians with their dishonesty. There is a rumour going round that the owner of Innoson Motors is planning to relocate his main motor factory to one of the Asian countries. And we expect that things will automatically change for the better in this State and Country. It doesn't work that way.
The Dubai of today was built and developed by human beings and not by spirits.
It is time for us to ask questions of, where we have got it all wrong. I was told also that Coca-Cola is about relocating to Ghana. The Dunlop and Michelin factories have long relocated from Nigeria to other African countries they consider safer and sane. Most of the large scale farms have collapsed today, except the few ones like Obasanjo farms. If it is someone like Obasanjo, he will even give you the beating you deserve if he discovers any foul play in his farm business. Which is part of the reason his farms are still functioning.
Where are the Michael Ibru SKOL beer brewery in Agbarha-Otor Town in Ughelli North LGA of Delta State? Pepsi cola and Mitchell farms in Mosogar Town in Ethiope West of Delta State today? Imagine the Ibru Skol brewery was located in his own home town of Agbarha-Otor Town in Ughelli North? The Mitchell farms in Ovwor in his mother home Town in Ughelli South and Mosogar Town in Ethiope West has longed collapsed.
The gross alarming level of dishonest practices by Nigerian employees has ruined many businesses and have adversely affected the entire country's economy. Most Nigerian young people don't want to live an honest life. And they want to own a private jet, live in opulence without hard work or having any legitimate business means of making that kind of money.
I respect Kenneth Gbagi for providing business infrastructure and businesses that will employ young Nigerians. But he is also a shrewd business man who does not play with his business, so as not to allow it collapse. If the man is not tough, they would have ruined all his businesses.
Among the Delta State PDP Governorship aspirants, Gbagi is the only person that has legitimate personal businesses. The 98% politicians of Delta State feed, and rely on public funds to live their life of splendor. How do we run a State and country like?
The popular Hotel Excel was taken over by some banks some years ago. If not for the efforts of some of us, Sterling bank would have also taken over another known hotel in Effurun because they were heavily indebted. Even till this moment, the hotel is still heavily indebted. I know the role I played in order to protect the jobs of some Nigerians in that hotel then. So, in my opinion, the young ladies and the young man in the Arise Tv video being circulated, are just being used by politicians, who have never owned any businesses of their own since they were born, to try and tarnish the public image of Gbagi. They want to regroup and find their way into the government house to loot more.
Again, since the matter is already in the court, then why going to the social media with the same stories? Why can't they pursue their case in the court? They know they have no case, hence they are running from one media house to another to spread their stories on the social media for blackmail. There are just too many thieves in Nigeria.
In case you are wondering why I am writing this, I have not taken a dime from any politician and they know this fact. I support Gbagi based on my personal principles amongst all of them in PDP. And no matter how they paint him bad, Gbagi is still the best PDP Delta state Governorship aspirant as far as I am concerned. I have carefully studied all the PDP governorship aspirants. I don't believe in pretence.
This is just my opinion on those politicians ganging up against a hard working man like Gbagi. The only fault of Kenneth Gbagi is that he doesn't pretend one bit. He will tell you bluntly how it is without hiding his mind. Gbagi is also open and generous to a fault. Those doing all of this are simply scared of Gbagi because you can't control him. This is my take!
Zik Gbemre.
May 1st,2021
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes