Kayode Ogundamisi has carved out a niche as a professional critic, but his targets reveal a telling pattern: a selective memory that conveniently forgets his own role in bringing us to this national disaster. It is time to set the record straight.
Ogbeni Kayode Ogundamisi, your journey as a political commentator is deeply intertwined with the campaign that brought the current ruling party to power. While you have occasionally expressed disappointment with the government, your most active years were spent tearing down its predecessor.
Your dedication to the cause was more than just personal opinion. It was official. In the crucial run-up to the 2015 elections, you served as a member of the media and publicity committee for Muhammadu Buhari's campaign. That was more than the work of a mere observer; it was the work of a committed operative. While serving as a host for a UK-based political show, your platform became a vehicle for the "Change" narrative.
Your critiques of President Goodluck Jonathan were not measured, they were vitriolic. You consistently framed him as "incompetent", described his leadership as emerging from a "cave mentality", and labeled him an "UNDERTAKER". This was a sustained, ideological campaign to delegitimize an elected president.
For all your fiery condemnations of the "ineptitude" of the Goodluck Jonathan administration, you have failed to apply the same standard to the government you helped install. The economic crisis, insecurity, and decay you ignore today are the direct consequences of the political foundation you actively helped build.
Kayode Ogundamisi, the man who once thundered against "waste and frivolity" under Goodluck Jonathan is now largely silent as the nation is stripped bare.
While you did comment on President Tinubu's opulent spending -the "N5 billion worth of yacht and renovation of the presidential lodge", where is the sustained outrage over the systematic plunder of the nation's wealth? You launched a jihad against Jonathan over perceptions of waste, but when faced with the collapse of the Naira, the closure of hundreds of companies, and record-breaking poverty, you have offered little more than an occasional comment.
Your commentary has devolved into what looks like personal grievance. Your most recent public criticisms revolve around trivial matters like attacking the oratory skills of Seyi Tinubu rather than confronting the economic policies that are strangling the nation.
A serious question must be asked: who funds Kayode Ogundamisi? Your activism has a track record of serving the geopolitical interests of Western powers, and your home base in the UK is no coincidence.
You are a UK-based activist who has called on the British government to return stolen funds. While a noble cause, it is part of a broader pattern of seeking Western intervention in Nigeria's affairs, a path that has historically led to more subjugation.
Your criticism of the PDP and Jonathan was perfectly aligned with Western geopolitical objectives in 2015. Now, your relative silence on the current administration's catastrophic failures raises a simple question: who signs your checks?
Ogundamisi, your recent post asking why an American, Alex Barbir, is not being arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) is the final proof of your ideological bankruptcy. You can't stand that a foreigner is speaking the truth about Tinubu's inaction while you remain silent.
The situation with Alex Barbir exposes the DSS's glaring double standard. Barbir, an American humanitarian, has been vocally criticizing President Tinubu's silence following the Palm Sunday massacre in Jos, where over 20 people were killed.
Barbir, who leads the humanitarian group Building Zion, has a history of rebuilding homes for victims of attacks in Nigeria. He has stood on Nigerian soil and accused the government of repeated inaction, directly asking, "Tinubu, where are you as your people are slaughtered?".
Instead of addressing the security crisis, the DSS and its apologists like you seem more concerned with the person asking the questions. Bashir Ahmad called for his arrest, and there have been claims he was ordered to leave the country.
While the DSS allegedly moves against a foreigner for speaking the truth, you, a self-proclaimed activist remain free. Your post is not a call for justice; it is a pathetic attempt to deflect attention from the government's failure. You are more worried about the nationality of the critic than the pile of bodies in Jos.
Your "voice" has become a tool for maintaining the status quo that enriches you. The truth is you are a pawn in a game far bigger than yourself, a game where the suffering of millions is a mere data point. You are one of the controlled oppositions that ensures the masses are divided while the real looters loot.
The Nigerian people have run out of patience for pretenders. The time for explanations and excuses is over. Come clean. Come clean about your role in the 2015 propaganda that set Nigeria on this disastrous path. Or, do the only honorable thing left for a man of your standing: stay silent.