By Sabella Ogbobode Abidde
President Muhammadu Buhari is not your
typical party-man. By that I mean that he is not a politician in the classic
sense of the word. Hence, he doesn’t seem to have the full and complete grasp
of party-politics. Or may be does, but simply detests it (at least in the way
and manner it is being played in Nigeria
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Party-politics can
be dirty, very dirty; but that’s the nature of political association the world
over. Even the most honorable of men understands this; yet, they device ways of
swimming in the Ocean without being bitten by sharks. They device ways of padding
through rivers while evading crocodiles and other hunters. They swim if
necessary; and they levitate if levitation is in order. But not so for Buhari
who, eighteen months into his presidency, has committed six fundamental
mistakes.
First, he is acting
as though it is beneath him to get involved in the internal strife of his
party. He is wrong! If he does not bring leadership, meaning and direction to
the affairs of his party, The All Progressives Congress (APC), his base will
fragment and may even collapse. If he allows the wrangling to get out of
hand, the major opposition party, The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will take
advantage of the situation and maneuver its way back to power.
