There are so many big names in small ponds and people wonder why politicians in relatively unknown parties can't come together and put one person forward to battle the giants with money, influence and popularity.

Politicians like Donald Duke, Obi Ezekwesili, Kingsley Moghalu, Fela Durotoye and Omoyele Sowore are merely big fishes in small ponds and could easily get drowned by bigger names if peradventure they find themselves in the big pond. The fear of being small fishes in a big pond is one of the reasons they chose to remain in small ponds.

Being a big fish in small ponds relates with the unsuspecting power possessed by an underdog to pull a stunt or ‘shake the table’ that has big boys on it. This theory works in business. It works in sports - it worked for Leicester City Football Club three season ago when they unexpectedly clinched the premiership title; but politics is a different ball game.

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