Joshua King's Free Press

The Auction of Ekiti The umpire announced the date of the election Ekiti people were to make a decision A lot of noise during the campaigns And perhaps even more complains Election day however was something else What took place set off alarm bells It was an auction not an election Bidding to batter votes for money is an auction The winners bid the most The losers are the auctioneers and they lost For they cannot tell apart bidder from bidder What difference is there between seller and peddler? Auctioneers are hungry the bidders mock Thumb for us, eat well today and best of luck Here eat our red porridge and sell us your votes My red porridge is bigger and all I ask are your votes Said a bidder known as Red John Silver Try mine said another bidder Green John Silver What difference is there between seller and peddler? Asked the auctioneers He is a rogue cried Red John Silver And he’s a wolf accused other John Silver And so the auctioneers confused ...