By Jesutega Onokpasa
Apart from his recent June 12 gimmick, President Muhammadu
Buhari had hitherto never mentioned MKO Abiola or even June 12
in any positive light. In any case, since Gen Sanni
Abacha who stole Abiola’s mandate and whom Buhari happily, thankfully and
gratefully worked for remains Buhari’s hero, then that same Buhari cannot
deserve any moral credit on account of anything he does about June 12, however
laudable.
The bitter truth is that the only viable explanation for his
sudden volte face is that Buhari, seeing his Northern hegemony in tatters in
the Middle Belt thanks to his rampaging cattle herding kinsmen and clearly
perceiving himself to be a drowning man, now finds himself clutching to Abiola
(whom he hitherto never showed any regard for) and to June 12 (which he
hitherto never expressed any fidelity to) for sheer survival.
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| *President Buhari |
