Post by Omotosho Kehinde Seun (@KennyOsho)

*Continuation*

He knows succession planning is the ultimate test of mastery.
Allowing El-Rufai into his cabinet would have been strategic suicide.
El-Rufai could have manipulated the government for his own advantage.
He could have turned the Federal Executive Council into a battlefield.
He could have performed brilliantly, then resigned to challenge Tinubu at the primaries.
Just like Atiku did to Ọbasanjọ. Just like Atiku did to Jonathan.
Every smart leader surrounds himself with loyalists.
Only a fool empowers his opponent.
Tinubu was no fool.
He denied El-Rufai a cabinet position. He offered him the courtesy of nominating a candidate instead.
El-Rufai could have salvaged something. An ambassadorial post. A dignified exit.
But he chose war. He lambasted the administration. He revealed state secrets.
He exposed himself to prosecution.
His enemies now have legal rights to pursue him. Only mercy can set him free.
But mercy does not come to those who have shown none.
What separates those who rise from those who fall?
Is it intelligence?
Connections?
Strategy?
If intelligence guaranteed survival, why have so many brilliant minds been consumed?
The answer lies in emotional intelligence.
The ability to control anger.
Moderate ambition.
Maintain discipline.
Even when every instinct screams for retaliation.
Tinubu embodies this.
His success comes from strategic patience.
From delayed gratification.
El-Rufai, for all his brilliance, is careless with his emotions.
Public outbursts. Open ambitions. Reckless revelations.
It is not enough to rise to the summit. You must have the patience and discipline to stay there.
The beast called karma feeds on arrogance. El-Rufai served himself up.
El-Rufai's story is a cautionary tale.
Never humiliate those who hold power over your future. Regardless of how justified you feel.
Loyalty in politics is transactional. No amount of past service guarantees future reward.
Conceal your ambitions until the moment of fruition. Open declarations invite preemptive attacks.
Most critically, treat every human being with dignity. Regardless of their station.
The 22,000 teachers were not statistics.
The 300 traditional rulers were not obstacles.
They were people. Families. Histories. Memories.
And memories are long. Very long.
The Chiefs El-Rufai insulted now hold his freedom in their hands.
They remember every slight.
Every humiliation.
Every moment of arrogance.
Power is fragile.
Consequences are permanent.
From the 22,000 families he rendered jobless to the 300 Chiefs he humiliated, El-Rufai accumulated debts.
Now those debts are being called in.
His detention.
His public appeals.
His desperate search for signatures.
All point to one truth:
Karma does not forget.
Karma does not negotiate.
It is a beast that feasts on the pride of men who believe themselves untouchable.
Those who cannot control their anger, greed, and ambition will weep.
Not because they are poor. But because they are human.
And humanity knows no class distinction when it comes to sorrow.
The rich also cry.
And sometimes, they cry the loudest.
When karma comes calling, it does not ask for your résumé. It does not check your bank account.
It simply collects what is owed.
For Nasir El-Rufai, the bill has finally arrived.

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