I have listened to Asa’s music “Jailer” many times, each time
I listened to it I get goose pimples all over my body but I have never been
anywhere near jail but the way she intelligently painted the picture and
analyzed the relationship between a Jailer and a Prisoner will make you realize
that the relationship between the two is most times not convivial.
Reading Nelson Mandela autobiography “Long Road to Freedom”
also gave me a clearer understanding that Jailers anywhere and everywhere are
almost the same especially when the SYSTEM is fighting you or vice a visa.
Their psychology approach towards prisoners is the same and this treatment
transcends culture, colour and languages.
Jailers sometimes lose their civility and most times throw
away all their profession ethics, they forget that first and foremost the
prisoners are also human beings. I’m sure you are wondering “wetin concern
agbero with overload- what concerns her with jail matter”. The late Gani
Fawehinmi (SAN), late Fela Anikulapo Kuti and most of the activists jailed
during the Abacha’s era all saw the very bad side of these errand men whom Fela
(Baba 70) referred to as Zombies
because even when they know the truth and their conscience is not settle about
the treatments they melted on the prisoners they can’t definitely go against
their bosses who most time dictate the tunes of their operandi from their Palais de chef.
I love my job with every blood in my system, meeting the
stars which people pay a lot of money to watch.
My job has given me the opportunity to see them not only as stars but to
see them at the early stage of their career, trust me this is a fantastic
feeling.
