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Posted on: 10:12 Sat, 11 Jun 2016
An interesting piece from a Nigerian political analyst, Olalekan Waheed Adigun that tends to analyze the political travails of President Muhammadu Buhari.
What started as a big joke suddenly became a reality. In a desperate bid to stop the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari the heat of the 2015 presidential election, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, the Ekiti state Governor, did the unthinkable.
He single-handedly placed an “obituary†of a living person on the front pages of The Punch and The Sun (January 19, 2015). What was his reason for this: “Will you allow history to repeat itself? Enough of State burials.†toldNigerians Nigerians who listened to him eagerly.
Suffice to say that many political analysts described the advert as one of the lowest moments in the run-up to the election. Trust “Prophet†Fayose he did his utmost to make his “prophesies†come to pass. He told us all that Buhari had “advance stage†cancer, even coming up with a “medical report†from Ahmadu Bello Teaching Hospital (I meant the one in Ikare, not ABUTH please)!
Let us spare the Fayose’s infantile theatrics for a while. Recently, a group that calls itself the Niger-Delta Avengers (NDA), threatened to assassinate President Buhari if he goes on with
his intention of going to Rivers state on official visit on Thursday 2 June, 2015. An NDA member reportedly issued a threat to the President on his visit to the volatile region. In a phone monitored on the pirate Radio Biafra, the militants say the president will be signing his death warrant by visiting Ogoniland as scheduled.
If the President is visiting the land with a
history of oil spills to assess the extent of
damage(s) done by multinational oil companies
in the region, it still baffles rational minds to
know those who really wish the president dead!
I happened to be one of the people who wished
the President will call the bluffs of these so-
called militants who threatened to assassinate
him should he attempt to visit the region. I was
so disappointed to know that the president will
later shelve his plans to attend the official
launch of the cleanup of Ogoniland.
The reason for my disappointed steams from
the fact that, as Commander-in-Chief of the
Nigerian Armed Forces, the President should
not be seen to be cowardly. This was the
reason some of us supported him in the first
instance. Is there any part of the federation
that the President cannot visit? Can the so-
called Avengers be more powerful than the
Nigerian Army? What becomes of the morale of
hardworking soldiers under the Joint Task Force
(JTF) fighting the militants when his C-in-C is
“too afraid†of “assassination threats†from a
ragtag group? That also reminds us, why the
president made the visit a public announcement
when he could have appeared unannounced?
Let us take the argument of these groups that
they are indeed fighting a course on behalf of
their “offended†ethnic groups. Let us assume
for the sake of analysis that the NDA wants to
“right the wrongs†meted out on them by the
Federal Government in the past. To whose
benefit really is the cleanup of Ogoniland when
it is finally done?
On getting the news of the cancelled Buhari’s
visit to Ogoni, a colleague of mine quickly, in a
desperate attempt to attract my attention, told
me how he wished to “disappoint†me with the
piece of news having barely resumed work that
day. “Buhari shouldn’t be afraid of these Niger-
Delta Avengers because they are smaller than
Boko Haram. Buhari should have gone to launch
the cleanup.†I had to agree with him. While
agreeing with him, I thought about the what the
headlines will be in the online media. “Coward
President Buhari Succumbs to Niger-Delta
Militants†will be a good one on an anti-Buhari
media platform. Is is just about the president
not honouring his own visit, or is he just being
“bullied†or misadvised?
I remember sometimes last year when late Dr.
Nnamdi Azikiwe’s son, Chukwuma, was to be
buried. The drama was so sensational that, just
for some people to justify their arguments of
Buhari “hating Igbosâ€, they won’t mind insulting
the late son of the Zik of Africa even in death
just because of his friendship with the
President. He was buried, Buhari did not attend
the ceremony and they were happy! To these
ones, as long as Buhari has no ‘footings in the
South East’, the party can continue.
On the assassination threats coming from the
Avengers is really nothing new. If Buhari had
attended the event, the worst that would have
happened would have been some pockets of
protests here and there just to “show the world
how unpopular Buhari’s administration is.†Their
own problem is that they see it as a taboo that
a Fulani man (a tribe they told the world hates
them) is the one to commence the cleaning up
of the oil spills in “Biafra land†a feat “our sonâ€
could not achieve in several years in power.
Does it surprise anyone that as Buhari was
planning to launch Ogoniland’s cleanup brought
“our son†back home from his “hiding spot�
Earlier this year, the fiery Enugu Catholic priest
and Founder, Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike
Mbaka, alleged that there were plans by
unnamed people to assassinate President
Muhammadu Buhari. According to the
clergyman, many people were plotting to kill the
President because of what he described as his
campaign against corruption, saying, “ I am not a
sycophant, but I want to tell you that so far, God
is happy and he, who God has blessed, no one
can curse. Many people are planning to kill Buhari
– there are many plans on how to eliminate his
life so that corruption will continue, so that
embezzlement will continue.â€
When Mbaka made this statement, the so-
called NDA that threatened to assassinate
Buhari was still in incubation. They were waiting
to see whether some of their paymasters, like
Sambo Dasuki will be granted a leave to travel
abroad for “medical treatments†or granted bail
on his present corruption charges. The question
some of us ask ourselves is whether Dasuki
comes from Niger-Delta that these ones are
avenging!
The forces that have been battling the
president before his elections are not giving up the fight as one may have thought. once, they will prefer a dead man occupying theseonce Aso Rock than for Buhari to withdraw from them their daily bread!
An interesting piece from a Nigerian political analyst, Olalekan Waheed Adigun that tends to analyze the political travails of President Muhammadu Buhari.
What started as a big joke suddenly became a reality. In a desperate bid to stop the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari the heat of the 2015 presidential election, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, the Ekiti state Governor, did the unthinkable.
He single-handedly placed an “obituary†of a living person on the front pages of The Punch and The Sun (January 19, 2015). What was his reason for this: “Will you allow history to repeat itself? Enough of State burials.†toldNigerians Nigerians who listened to him eagerly.
Suffice to say that many political analysts described the advert as one of the lowest moments in the run-up to the election. Trust “Prophet†Fayose he did his utmost to make his “prophesies†come to pass. He told us all that Buhari had “advance stage†cancer, even coming up with a “medical report†from Ahmadu Bello Teaching Hospital (I meant the one in Ikare, not ABUTH please)!
Let us spare the Fayose’s infantile theatrics for a while. Recently, a group that calls itself the Niger-Delta Avengers (NDA), threatened to assassinate President Buhari if he goes on with
his intention of going to Rivers state on official visit on Thursday 2 June, 2015. An NDA member reportedly issued a threat to the President on his visit to the volatile region. In a phone monitored on the pirate Radio Biafra, the militants say the president will be signing his death warrant by visiting Ogoniland as scheduled.
If the President is visiting the land with a
history of oil spills to assess the extent of
damage(s) done by multinational oil companies
in the region, it still baffles rational minds to
know those who really wish the president dead!
I happened to be one of the people who wished
the President will call the bluffs of these so-
called militants who threatened to assassinate
him should he attempt to visit the region. I was
so disappointed to know that the president will
later shelve his plans to attend the official
launch of the cleanup of Ogoniland.
The reason for my disappointed steams from
the fact that, as Commander-in-Chief of the
Nigerian Armed Forces, the President should
not be seen to be cowardly. This was the
reason some of us supported him in the first
instance. Is there any part of the federation
that the President cannot visit? Can the so-
called Avengers be more powerful than the
Nigerian Army? What becomes of the morale of
hardworking soldiers under the Joint Task Force
(JTF) fighting the militants when his C-in-C is
“too afraid†of “assassination threats†from a
ragtag group? That also reminds us, why the
president made the visit a public announcement
when he could have appeared unannounced?
Let us take the argument of these groups that
they are indeed fighting a course on behalf of
their “offended†ethnic groups. Let us assume
for the sake of analysis that the NDA wants to
“right the wrongs†meted out on them by the
Federal Government in the past. To whose
benefit really is the cleanup of Ogoniland when
it is finally done?
On getting the news of the cancelled Buhari’s
visit to Ogoni, a colleague of mine quickly, in a
desperate attempt to attract my attention, told
me how he wished to “disappoint†me with the
piece of news having barely resumed work that
day. “Buhari shouldn’t be afraid of these Niger-
Delta Avengers because they are smaller than
Boko Haram. Buhari should have gone to launch
the cleanup.†I had to agree with him. While
agreeing with him, I thought about the what the
headlines will be in the online media. “Coward
President Buhari Succumbs to Niger-Delta
Militants†will be a good one on an anti-Buhari
media platform. Is is just about the president
not honouring his own visit, or is he just being
“bullied†or misadvised?
I remember sometimes last year when late Dr.
Nnamdi Azikiwe’s son, Chukwuma, was to be
buried. The drama was so sensational that, just
for some people to justify their arguments of
Buhari “hating Igbosâ€, they won’t mind insulting
the late son of the Zik of Africa even in death
just because of his friendship with the
President. He was buried, Buhari did not attend
the ceremony and they were happy! To these
ones, as long as Buhari has no ‘footings in the
South East’, the party can continue.
On the assassination threats coming from the
Avengers is really nothing new. If Buhari had
attended the event, the worst that would have
happened would have been some pockets of
protests here and there just to “show the world
how unpopular Buhari’s administration is.†Their
own problem is that they see it as a taboo that
a Fulani man (a tribe they told the world hates
them) is the one to commence the cleaning up
of the oil spills in “Biafra land†a feat “our sonâ€
could not achieve in several years in power.
Does it surprise anyone that as Buhari was
planning to launch Ogoniland’s cleanup brought
“our son†back home from his “hiding spot�
Earlier this year, the fiery Enugu Catholic priest
and Founder, Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike
Mbaka, alleged that there were plans by
unnamed people to assassinate President
Muhammadu Buhari. According to the
clergyman, many people were plotting to kill the
President because of what he described as his
campaign against corruption, saying, “ I am not a
sycophant, but I want to tell you that so far, God
is happy and he, who God has blessed, no one
can curse. Many people are planning to kill Buhari
– there are many plans on how to eliminate his
life so that corruption will continue, so that
embezzlement will continue.â€
When Mbaka made this statement, the so-
called NDA that threatened to assassinate
Buhari was still in incubation. They were waiting
to see whether some of their paymasters, like
Sambo Dasuki will be granted a leave to travel
abroad for “medical treatments†or granted bail
on his present corruption charges. The question
some of us ask ourselves is whether Dasuki
comes from Niger-Delta that these ones are
avenging!
The forces that have been battling the
president before his elections are not giving up the fight as one may have thought. once, they will prefer a dead man occupying theseonce Aso Rock than for Buhari to withdraw from them their daily bread!
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