By Ikechukwu Amaechi
President Muhammadu Buhari never ceases to confound. Even his
most strident supporters, who are ever willing to cut him some slack, are
gradually but inexorably coming to the inevitable reality: he is a study in
hypocrisy.
His claim to higher
standards is a ruse. Too often, he fails to follow his own expressed moral
rules and principles.
I will come back to this shortly.
On August 19, the
National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen Babagana Monguno (rtd.), reported
Buhari as telling his Service Chiefs that he was not ready to leave office a
failure.
Two days earlier, the Nigerian army claimed that at least 1,000 Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) members had surrendered and army spokesperson, Brig-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said the terrorists would be received, processed and passed on to the relevant agencies of government for further assessment in line with extant provision.
