Leadership and Followership Mystery in Nigeria's Political Setting By Otunba Yomi Ojo ( Fiwajoye 1)
Politics is a game of loyalty, dedication, and commitment that has some similarities to the military system in terms of being loyal to a particular person or your boss. Loyalty is the quality of staying firm in your friendship or support for someone or something, which is all believed that it is should not less than 100%. The Politics of the First Republic in Nigeria especially in the Yorubaland told many stories of politics and loyalty, especially about trust between the leaders and political followers and the trend has extended to the present day of politics in the country. Advertisement It is believed in some quarters that politics is one of the power-struggling games in which a leader will form an opinion on any of his followers based on what someone says without asking questions even if the story is right or not. The majority of political followers have suffered like a pawn in a game of chess without being aware of their mistakes or wrong-doing, they just sc