While we cannot credit President Muhammadu Buhari with a
transformative genius that has redounded to the citizens’ wellbeing, we must
not ignore his masterstrokes in self-preservation. What we have been confronted
with in the past three years is his craving for self-protection with its
trappings of paranoia.
Thus, beyond the need to punish crime no
matter the station of life of the allegedly culpable, the alleged linkage of
Senate President Bukola Saraki to armed robbers who raided banks and killed
over 30 people in Offa, Kwara
State
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| *President Buhari and Senator Saraki |
Through his words and actions, Buhari has not
concealed his prejudice that it is only from the executive arm of government
flows a genuine desire for good governance that would improve the citizens’
lot. Buhari feels trammelled by the legislature and the judiciary. He is riled
by the absence of military powers that could enable him to decree life or death
in a democratic milieu. This was why he sought emergency powers that the legislature
refused to grant him.
