Letter To Sen. Liyel Imoke, Former Governor of Cross River State.

Letter To Sen. Liyel Imoke, Former Governor of Cross River State.

By Eriacy Confidence Oba

1. My poetic ink
Shall paint on marble
The great works of a father and leader
Who’s drank with power
At various high profiled bars
First as a distinguished Senator
And then as Minister and governor
My Lawyer our living legend
You’re a living force
In the face of an emerging glory

2. What name shall I call you?
Oh great leader of our time 
That’ll vindicate my poetic conscience
Is it the indefatigable advocate
Or performing governor of his era
In your eight years in office
You littered the length and breadth
Of our beautiful home state
With massive infrastructural projects
Restoring hopes and pride
To the less privileged across divide

3. Oh great son of Abi
And pride to my fatherland
In the manner of your father
You’ve including your humble abode
In the testament of great places
Making your Itigidi country home
A Mecca of some sort

4. Great Imoke my role model
Under your very watch
Our state lifted the trophy
For cleanliness and hospitality
You redefined our taste in beauty
And showed us the path of peace
My poetic ink shall not run dry
In describing your gallantry,
Boldness and courage
In maintaining peace and development.

5. My senator sir,
What has befallen your legacy of peace
That our streets are littered with bodies
And the blood of our ignoble children
Putting the aged on high jump
And the young on short term 
What about our rural roads
Which you turned to express
What has become of our tourist attractions
You must talk to your god son
To listen to the plight of the masses.

6. As we wave the green flag
Of our great union in statehood
We make haste to celebrate
The golden love and sacrifices
Of a great son and father like you
Even as you approach years in manliness
Our great transformer
And beloved barrister
Happy birthday Sir.

Happy Birthday to my hero of democracy
His Excellency, Sen Barr Liyel Imoke
Former Governor of Cross River State.

Your Beloved Son,
Eriacy Confidence Oba,
Publisher, Coneri Magazine,
Lagos, Nigeria.
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