The play built in a flashback mode, revolves around Oedipus who is destined to become a king in Anthes, albeit through despicable circumstances. In the play, the man (Oedipus) of destiny in line with divine revelation, is fated to terminate the life of his father, who happens to be incumbent king of the land in a fierce battle and share bed with his mother. Incest and abomination!

All these come to the fore upon the birth of Oedipus, the unsettling revelation that forces the royal family to order that the infant be disposed in a trashcan to avert the monumental tragedy.

But in spite of all proactive moves to alter the gods' will in the play, it comes to pass. Oedipus not only become a full grown man (adopted as a royal child in another palace) but also kills his biological father (the king) and marries his mother after being crowned as the new king.

The event that brings him the royal crown is circumstantial. As destined by the greek gods, a terrible sphinx has plagued the land mauling anyone that could not untie a riddle after the mysterious death of the incumbent king in a conquest with Oedipus while in a royal motorcade.

Oedipus makes a triumphant entry into the land of Anthes and responds unequivocally to the riddle of the sphinx and the latter ceases to exist.

The African adaptation of the powerful greek play is "The gods Are Not Blame" authored by a literary icon, an enviable scholar, a dramaturge, a director and a theatre veteran, Ola Rotimi, who has done so much to develop theatre scholarship into an enduring dramatic form. In the African version, Rotimi transforms Oedipus into Odewale to fit the African environment for which he projects.

The two powerful plays dramatize the inevitability of what destiny stands for. It is unchangeable no matter the amount of tries to alter it. Accordingly, events happen to man as shaped and scripted by the gods.

If the fate of Oedipus and Odewale in the two dramatic plays are anything to go by, the president of the senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has some similitudes to share with the two character, not all.

The circumstance that characterized his emergence as the helmsman of the National Assembly on June 9, 2015 was good for a stage play. But in actual sense, he is a man of destiny unrivaled.

Prior to his election into the exalted seat, politickings and power plays dominated the discourse as both visible and invisible forces engaged in showdowns on who takes over the rein of leadership in the senate. In line with legislative tradition, any senator that emerges as senate president automatically climbs the mountain top of the National Assembly.

Within the fold of the All progressives Congress (ApC), the ruling party, before the proclamation of the eight National Assembly, tension and uncertainty became the order of the day leading to battle of supremacy between chieftains of the party on one hand and popularity war between contestants for top seats in the hallowed chamber on another hand.

The internecine war reached a crescendo on June 9 when against all odds and horse trading and as a man of destiny, Saraki was unanimously voted as the president of the senate by about 50 senators that attended the inaugural sitting. Though many of his colleagues from the same party (ApC) were outside the chamber.

Looking unruffled on the top seat of the senate, Saraki (of North Central) defied the decision of the party leadership that zoned the post of senate president to the North East, to prove his popularity among his colleagues that formed quorum on the day of the composition of the National Assembly.

His emergence as the senate helmsman was a tug of war and ripple generating period but as a man scripted to lead the eight senate, what initially appeared to be a mere illusion or better put wishful thinking, came to reality.

In spite of contrived plan to unseat him by known and veiled forces with the ruling party, the journey in the hallowed chamber has continued, although not a smooth ride.

As a man born with many leadership qualities, Saraki led Kwara State as a governor for eight years (between 2003 and 2011) with lots of innovations.

Before ascending the governorship seat, Kwara was condescendingly regarded as civil service state, but the scion of Saraki's dynasty election and swearing on May 29, 2003 altered the popular impression.

He changed the landscape of governance in the state with introduction of innovative governance away from what was being offered by his predecessors. Within the period he held sway as governor of State of Harmony, Saraki proved his critics wrong that good things can be invented in Kwara and now become a template at the National level.

The trademark of his innovative governance still subsists in symbiotic relationship between the executive and the legislative arms, health, education, works, security, civil service reform, job creation and industrialization among others.

In terms of the executive and the legislative arms, the tenure of Saraki as governor of Kwara witnessed a seamless cordiality leading to the suspicion in some quarters that the executive pocketed the legislature. In fact, many times the then government had to dismiss the impression that the first organ of government had become a "rubber stamp".

The transformation in the health sector of the administration of Saraki was unparallel as medical services and facilities were provided across the nooks and crannies of the state. This was also complemented with the introduction of community health insurance scheme, which provided affordable health care delivery to the people at the grass root.

Across the 36 states of the federation, Kwara became a cynosure of all with the education reform agenda set by the immediate-past administration led by Saraki. The reform began with the proscription of cultism in all citadels of learning of the state through anti-cultism bill. The strategy was successful as many criminally minded people who terrorized innocent people at will were brought to justice.

The reform also saw teachers and lecturers being put on their toes, as there was no failure in the dictionary of the administration. The hitherto lazy academicians and educators buckled up, though not without resistance ab initio.

Insecurity was rampant before Saraki's administration came on board but upon mounting the seat of governance of the state, agents of violence, who used to unleash terror on the people fled the state.

The work sector of the state received major attention as thousands of kilometres of roads were tarred. Not only that, in the history of the state, there was never a time overhead bridge was constructed around post-Office stretching to Challenge area. Saraki built the bridge to relieve motorists and commuters who faced nightmarish situation of meandering their way out of gridlock.

Civil service reform also topped the agenda of his administration with innovations brought into the system. Known for his penchant for beauty, the former governor turned the decrepit state secretariat phase one to an edifice.

As a government that is cognizant of job security, many hopeless and unemployed army of youths were given jobs. This is coupled with the establishment industries, which also served as save havens for scrambling to meet their daily needs.

For the scion of Olusola Saraki's dynasty, life surely begins at 53 because the achievements in the last five decades have become enviable. As a politician, he has assumed the role of a colossus bestriding the horse of Kwara politics.