A brave new bill is stirring In the chamber of our Senate Hear? A brave new law is stirring In the belly of our Senate Self-serving, repulsive, utterly senseless, Another sick sign of a lawless state  A lifetime bonanza for the Senate King, His paramount peers and other parasites Yes, lifetime bonanza for the Senate King, His paramount peers and other parasites Maggots who fatten on our nation’s corpse They vow it’s all part of their royal rights  Scoundrels, nation-wreckers, venal warriors Spawns of Nigeria’s triumphant Kleptocracy Agbaga!*, scoundrels, cut-throats, venal warriors Criminal spawns of our triumphant Kleptocracy They steal our votes, purloin our prospects In their noble service to our ”˜New Democracy’  Lifetime perks for the Senate King and his Chiefs And from their serial criminalities, an absolute immunity Haba, lifetime pay for the Senate King and his Chiefs And from their serial criminalities, an absolute immunity A super sanction-buster bestrides our sorry streets The kabiyesi of crimes, the Grand Imuniti*  Beyond Shame, allergic to Honour, Our lawless lawmakers and their countless crimes Alas, beyond Shame, allergic to Honour Our lawless lawmakers and their countless crimes The nation wails beneath their yoke, Reeling through the turmoil of these confounding times     Onward, brave legislators, Indulge your greed, unhinge the Nation I say, onward, brave legislators Indulge your greed, kill the Nation Forge the rules, immunify your crimes It’s all so in tune with your lofty station    And WE THE PEOPLE are the absent factor Bought, sold, disdainfully discarded Again, I say, WE THE PEOPLE are the absent factor Bought, sold, disdainfully discarded Servile servants of mindless masters We forgo our right to be well regarded   Agbaga: Alas; horror of horrors! Kabiyesi: The-one-that-will-challenge-him-is-not-yet-born Imuniti: Un-arrestability or beyond arrest. Yoruba pun on ”˜immunity’. June 26, 2016Niyi Osundare
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