By Bolaji Tunji
It is no longer news that President Muhammadu Buhari is
going to again contest. It had been an open secret for a while that the
president would go for another term in office. Pray, tell me, which of the
Nigerian leader had ever felt the need to put the country first and voluntary
relinquish power due to ill health or the fact that younger elements needed to
be mentored or given the chance to administer the country with modern ideas?
None. It is stretching it a bit far to even believe that an elected president in
this clime would willingly relinquish power. Even if such individual wanted to
do, the hawks and the power mongers would not allow it. Sadly, there is hardly
anyone willing to speak truth to power due to what they stand to gain in
allowing the status quo to remain.
But I do not want
to begrudge our president his right to contest for a second term. I am only
concerned that most Nigerians and especially the younger elements are making
the exercise such an easy one for him. Yea, if PMB is not magnanimous enough to
tell us he would not contest, the ticket should not be handed over to him on a
platter of gold.
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