ADC: As Tinubu’s cat readies to eat a poisonous toad

PRE- and post-colonial Yoruba society curated allegories that helped tame greed for power by potential emperors. It also dealt with tendencies within the society to play God. Some anecdotes warned a potential emperor from treading the path of ruination, both for them and society. One of such was that of a young wretched fisherman (Ap’ejalodo). I once told the story in my piece with the title Tinubu the Ap’ejalodo

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