I WANT TO GO TO LONDON… TO
SEE BUHARI BY REUBEN ABATI
When
15 million plus Nigerians voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015
General elections, their expectation was that he would be available to serve
them 24/7/365, and that those who fielded him as their candidate had done their
home work to avoid what is curiously becoming the Katsina problem in Nigerian
politics. Katsina! But we have now found ourselves in a situation whereby our
President is now in London, for more than one month sir, ma, and we are here,
and we have an acting President, who according to everybody, including the
extremists and the mischievous, and the politically partisan, is beginning to
try his best, with his admirers, now praying for the worst. For that reason
alone, we have an emotionally, politically and spiritually divided country on
our hands. Don’t mind what they tell you, and don’t deceive yourself, the Nigerian
Presidency is in turmoil. It is not our wish. It is not what the voters asked
for. But that is how democracy works. You cannot predict the results that
democracy produces. Not even in America. Or Russia.
Now that we have found ourselves in this situation, anyway – an absentee President trying to remain relevant and an acting President struggling to put up appearances, and struggling harder not to be seen to be ambitious (sorry, Prof. I was your student but I have something to say sir, I don’t mean any harm – truth be told), where should the Nigerian people stand? For the past one month, we have all been trapped in a post-truth situation, pretending as if all is normal. We should stop pretending. Those who supported and are supporting the APC that brought President Muhammadu Buhari to power and office cannot talk. They cannot talk due to embarrassment and shame. They are busy putting up a face. But for how long can they do this? The Nigerian media is also on its knees, looking so pitiable, with the exception of a few blogs, newspapers that we can’t even trust, professional media consultants who are in disarray, a few bloggers and then some gentlemen: Pa Ikhide, Farooq Kperogi, Sonala Olumhense, Omoyele Sowore, Pius Adesanmi and Okey Ndibe who have since been specially illuminated as they journeyed to Damascus. READ MORE
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