During the Annual General Meeting
He was a powerful person
Among the group. Because of
His faithfulness and forthrightness
He was elected as one
Of the executives of the group
It is a general belief
That tongue and teeth
Do fight. This is often
Revealed when the teeth
Bites the tongue during swallowing
And or during other things
To the people they (teeth and tongue)
Are fighting then, and the
Teeth despite being appealed
To has not failed to forgive
The tongue, thence the biting.
The man and some of the
Members of the group have
Small argument between themselves
This gets to the notice of the
Leaderships of the group and
He was specially called to
Know the genesis of what
Has happened. They discovered that
He was on track, appealed
To him to forgive the person
And forget what the person
Has done wrong so that
The group would forge ahead
He promised them that he
Would do what they have
Said forgive and forget but
They have to discipline the
Person. They agreed that the
Person must be disciplined, but
That he must do what they
Have said, which he also
Agreed to. They called the
Person and asked him questions about
What transpired between him and
One of the leaders, because
A leader who judges based on
A loop-sided defense is not
A good leader, such people are
Called Bias leaders. Not to
Become a bias leader before
Other members of the group
The person was called and
He also narrated his side of
The story. As the Holy
Writ says “He that is first in his own cause seemeth just;
But his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.” (Pro 18:17)
And it was revealed that
The second man was not
Totally wrong. But to satisfy
This man they punished the
Second man which he did
After serving the punishment
Terms and being integrated back
Into the midst of the group
The man does not want
Him to be integrated back into
The group he wants him
Excommunicated from the group and
Because of this others stood
Against him and let him
Know that in the first
Instance according to their findings
They discovered that the second
Man was not completely at
Fault, yet he was punished
And he agreed, to serve
The punishment to be an example
Unto others, but you seem
Not to be contented with that
That they will not excommunicate
Him from the group, because
Doing that would not augur
Well it will show them as
Bias judges they will be laying
Bad precedence for others they
Said unto him. He would not
Agree with their saying and
Left them angrily. The truth
Is always bitter one of
Them responded that with time
He would come around because
They know him to be a sensible person
Members of the committees went
To him to personally talk to
Him about what happened that
He should come to the meeting
Of the executives and overlook
What has passed, but he would
Told them that he will be
Joining them in the meeting but
He would not be there.
At the annual general meeting
Where the team of the
Executives are dissolved with
Another set of people chosen
To steer the ship of the
Group he did not attend the
Meeting despite receiving different
Messages and other personal calls
From close friends of the
Group to tell him of the date
Of the annual general meeting
He failed to be at the meeting
The rule of the meeting is
No executive would be elected
By proxy neither in absentia
Because he was not on
Seat he was neither nominated
For another term nor voted
For he was replaced with
Someone else. When he heard
Of what happened at the
Annual General Meeting he was
Not happy and was saying
Who were those there who
Have voted him out for
The board supposed to return
Him to his position among the
Executives of the group. Then
He was told that such
Cannot happen because it is the
Law of the group not to
Elect people who are not
On seat during the annual general
Meeting to be among those
Who would run the affair of
The group for the new
Tenure. When he heard this
He felt sober, and knows
That he has thought too
Much of himself. The group
Has shown him that though
They value him, but they
Cannot continue to break the
Laws they have made to be
Satisfying him. Some of the
Things he thought would come
To him were not given him
Because he has not been consistent
At the meeting of the group
Over the time. He allowed
The past infringements to eat
Into his presence and stops
Him from the future gains
As he eventually would not
Occupy the position of the executives of
Group never again, because the
Person who has replaced him
Performed well and was ready
To learn what it takes to be a good leader.
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