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THE OBI's VOICE CALL AND THE POLITICIAN WAY An average politician will cling to anything - religion, ethnicity, propaganda, and even diabolical means to get to power, so I'm not surprised by Obi's desperation or lust for power in his quest for the number one job in Nigeria by cajoling a revered man of God. It is in this wise, Niccolò Machiavelli said: 'the end justifies the means'. Be that as it may, note my use of 'average'. One statement that has gotten me into trouble most times in the political circle and that has robbed me of some political benefits is my wont of saying; 'I'm not a politician'; and this I say with all sense of modesty but sincerity. Seriously, I don't think, talk or act like a politician even though some of my intellectual and technocrat friends like Bunmi Jembola or Oamen Ignatius IG would firmly disagree. So in both camps, I'm a social misfit. Back to my essay - the politician way. Power is alluring. Power is i