THE RISE AND FALL OF
BUKOM BANKU, A LESSON TO ALL
By Iddi Muhayu-Deen
He calls himself, the greatest boxer that ever lived in
Ghana. He says he is indispensable. He says he is not only a Ghanaian champion
but also the champion of Africa. He says he is African Maywheather and that, no
one can beat him in the boxing arena. He says he is the only unstoppable boxer
on the continent.
Even almighty Bazooka Azuma Nelson, who became the World
Boxing Champion at some point, never bragged like this man, who calls himself,
Bukom Banku. In fact, because of the little money and fame he got in boxing, he
was messing up with everybody; beating up women and harassing innocent people
in society including young girls. I don't know whether to call him a boxer, a
joker or maybe a politician of 44.4 yaanom infamy.
But last night, almighty Allah made him realize his
'smoothness level'. That, no man is indispensable after all. That, there can
only be one Supreme being. That, humility is the vehicle to glory and stardom.
That, vanity and vaingloriousness can only lead man to abyss.
After running his mouth and claiming he was going to stop one
Bastie Samir, a relatively unknown Ghanaian boxer, in the 6th round, it turned
out that he, Bukom Banku, was rather going to be given a technical knockout. He
was beaten to pulp and almost killed in the ring by the young man.
Seeing how helpless and 'useless' Bukom Banku became last
night, I bet you, you wouldn't even buy him for a GHc1. I guess poor Banku took
a cue from his political mentors and assumed a comfortable lead in the bout;
cruising to their kind of victory that we saw in December 2016.
Such is life, isn't it? Learn to humble yourself and you will
go far. In the meantime, please join me congratulate my northern brother,
Bastie Samir. He has justified why I would on any day, choose "tuo zaafi
(tz)" over banku.
Assalamu alaik
Iddi Muhayu-Deen
#ForGodAndCountry
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