By Obi Nwakanma
“No one
tells the deaf that there is a stampede in the market” – Igbo proverb
On May 29, a handover
ceremony should take place, with a parade at the Eagles Square, to inaugurate a
new, elected President of Nigeria. That date would end the eight disastrous
years of Mr. Muhammadu Buhari as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
I do emphasize the word “disastrous.” Buhari is a very tragic figure of
Nigerian history.
History beckoned twice to him to govern. First
as a military Head of State. Second as a Civilian President of Nigeria. In both
instances, he was a failure. In the unfolding annals of Nigeria, Muhammadu
Buhari will be recorded as the worst leader ever to rise to leadership, at
least so far. Whatever else happens, he would be recorded among the worst
plagues to befall Nigeria. Should Nigeria manage to survive and hang together
as a nation, the story would be told of a Muhammadu Buhari who was offered the
opportunity for greatness but squandered it over pettiness, ignorance,
provincialism, and the corruption of the institution of state.
