
The Survivor
by Remi Ayorinde
Prose
Published: 2002
Pages: 99
ISBN: 978-34528-0-0
Description
Rev. John Bode Akinbiyi aka the Pastor was a moralist and a down to the core man of God; blessed with a unique oratory prowess. He was lured into politics against the wishes of his family and friends as mover of men. unknown to him Abubakar Abdul Azeez alias Razor blade had placed a tab on him right from day one. His marksman was the observer also know as the chameleon. A faceless personage without a definite gender. Dramatist, skilled, malevolent, cunning and dangerous. The best out of a crop of specially selected gang of political thugs, gangsters, hitmen and assasins all responsible to the dictatorial junta that had at its head, a heartless, infamous diabolic generalissimo. The chameleon had eluded the law for so long. John was in danger. Not only from a morally bankrupt society and a dangerous government, not only from the gold diggers that walk tight with the rich. He was in danger from the chameleon. But Sulaiman the relentless lawman that ask twisted questions was still after the chameleon and his associates. And the forces of the new clandestine political pressure group were firmly behind John. The survivor is the account of a people. A land and their leader.