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The Auction of Ekiti

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
Chose the highest bidder, how could they have refused?

Alas some bidders cry wolf, yea foul they yell
How did other John Silver win, please tell
To the courts we will match
Go on replied other John Silver, we watch
The auctioneers look on, their porridge eaten
Their plates empty yet bidders continue eating

The election, sorry auction of Ekiti is over
The auctioneers do not rejoice for they could not tell
Bidder from bidder and they were hungry.




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