'THE PUBLIC SWEET-HEART', that was what Alhaji 'Sardauna' Aladudu was to all the faithful people of Shanghai Empire. Yes, the 'Sardauna' of Shanghai was not only diabolically righteous, but even paradoxically spiritual..For example, the Holy Man.. was the Spiritual Emperor, the Supreme Revelation of Allah in person. He was loved, because he was the Messenger of Allah. He was venerated, because the people believed in him.
Kpomkwem. Waaa..Zooo..Biaaa!!! Obasi-doo, there was no 'shakara business' about him. For example, he was not a 'yeye-man'.Really, he was the Annointed Grand Kadi of the vast Empire. Indeed, this was 'hoo-haa'. And, to be sure, the man was so good..so gorgeously great, in that he was, and so, 'he de kampe'. The sands of Sahara Desert, haba, even the long River Nile, River Benue, Zambezi, Mississippi, and Imo River of great mysteries, stood as bleeding witnesses.Truly, there was neither 'njakiri talk', nor 'yeye-419' about all that. Untouchable. He was, yes indeed, 'a sacred pig', 'the big deal of primitive Africa', and a man hunted by the soul-less demons from a distant land. Obviously, the demons were his great threat...And, in there was his inevitable ground zero...the slushwave to his rapid fall.
Kpomkwem.The great demons were those who wanted to indoctrinate the whole world with their moral decadence..And,Baam! Baam!! Baam!!! That alone was their principled religion.
Really, even so, the people of Shanghai loved their own Sardauna.. yes, they held him in great reverence. And, beside these love and respect was a factor rooted in deeper sentiment, namely, that the people of Shanghai loved him out of love, and accorded him the reverence out of principle.
The Supreme Spiritual Emperor knew his precarious situation; and, as such, he played the spiritual game depending on the wave of circumstance. It was a clear reflection of the obvious variance between some of what the Spiritual Leader stood for, and some of the deeds he did put forth in action. And, in that ideal was a stove-pile of cold ash, made in prayers, to Allah. And, in there was the same, even an unspoken evidence against his distant foes.
God gave the world Torah; but, the Jews in the Diaspora, misused it. He gave them a New Testament; however, men of greed abused it. Then, Allah gave His last word, Q'ran, through the Last Prophet, so that those who would submit would be blessed with a thousand virgins in paradise.
Indeed, it would ever be a male universe; and, Allah, would be forever a dominant male. And, every female, made by Allah, would ever remain a lower-case of the dominant male. "When you certify, I'm satisfied". said Allah to the Prophet in a visionary dream. But, the Grand Kadi of the Shanghai Empire was rather less than the Chosen Errand-Boy of Allah. Therefore, he was less loved.
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Really, within the ranks of the men who defended the land was a simmering resentment - a spiritual war-of -will shouting "No more." This very spiritual voice and, war had been boiling beneath their conscious - that, so very rapidly, within the ranks and files of the military men for the past thirty years the Alhaji,the Grand Kadi of the land, had been driving the wheel of the Great Empire.. He was a good man, for sure. But, a few of the things he said, coupled with his private life - the shadows in his dark closets, were, more often, bringing more mockery, blatant shame, greater shame, and constant insults, in waves - They swam across the waters of the Atlantic.
"When are they going to do something about that fella?" The messages from the overseas would always ask. The men in the military listened, their heads bowed in shame, and their feelings, in constant resentment. Again and again the messages came. Again and again the messages rang their painful and scornful bell. And again and again the men in arm listened, ashamed of the man who ruled the Empire.
The soldiers were human beings with feelings, prone to suggestive ideas, and ill commands from a distance... As their cumulative anger simmered, they plotted and looked forward to the moment in time their protracted rage would find room for action.
IT WAS THE CLOCK OF FATE TICKING FOR A GREAT LEADER, AND A STUBBORN MAN. BUT, he hardly knew.
At home he was the goodness of the Empire. But abroad, he was the 'Symbol of African political ineptitude'. Through the sad experience of others, the lone rebel learnt that when those who criticized him praised you was the time they cheated you. Yes, to dance to the tune of those who cheated other African leaders was not a part of his living disposition.
So, he refused to let them. He did not let them help themselves to the true wealth of the Great Empire of Shanghai.
"Its's about time you listened to us, son of a bitch..." Otherwise, sooner than, "Someday you will dig your own graver... bastard.".
Some bastard wrote him in an anonymous letter. "You fool-cockoe, son of a bitch..bearded terrorist".. The friendly letter from overseas went on to inform. It was later discovered that the author of the letter was a failed comedienne who was taking out all her worldly frustrations on other people. In the beginning, indeed, the Spiritual Emperor did not take that very particular letter lightly.
It raised his eyebrow. And, he was so angry in that he pursued the matter through to a logical conclusion. And, he made it through the highest official level of the foreign government from which the insolent letter came.
The government in turn pursued the case. As the 'investigation' went on, it was gathered that the frustrated woman had had troubles with the law. For example, she had been arrested for driving under the influence; jailed twice for slapping and beating a couple of police officers: a white cop, and a Hispanic police officer.
Once she was arrested for speeding..flying at a cruise speed of more than one hundred miles per hour on a high-way with speed limit of sixty five. This particular arrest demanded a high police chase. They knew her. And she knew them too.
When the police people finally caught her, she only joked about it.
"Why were you driving so fast ma'am?". a police officer, ready to ticket her, asked her.
"Shut up; I was only obeying the law". she replied.
"No ma'am. This showed on the meter. you wanna see it? You exceeded the speed limit..."
"Oh, shut up..."
"No ma'am, I'm serious; You're driving at a rate more than one hundred miles per hour.You wanna see it? I can show it to you..."
"Oh son, don't be silly; would you hush up? This is highway 1-101, isn't it? You should have seen me on highway 1-207--- ". she said.Surely, who really knew if she, at all, knew that the numbers on the highways were not the speed limits?...An uneducated racist, she was white, therefore, she was able to use her sex appeal, truly in California, to get what she wanted, including a free passport to operate a motor vehicle.
"Ma'am, this is serious."..politely said the white police man, who knew how to honor a white lady, talkless about male blacks, or black immigrants, in the all-American City of the Big Apple, New York..where blacks like Ahmadu Diallo, despite