1.Introduction:
One of the ‘mysteries’ of
today’s politics is what some Nigerians see as the continued popularity of
President Muhammadu Buhari in the North, despite his evident ineptness and the
many, many failures of his government. When these Nigerians see him in outings
where massive crowds of young people work themselves into a frenzy as they rent
the air with “Sai Baba!” chants, they wonder what diabolical concoctions he
must have let loose on them to make them feel this way.
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| *Kennedy Emetulu |
People are being buried in
grinding poverty, the economy is on a stretcher, Nigeria is regressing into the
Stone Age in every respect and Buhari hops into a plane to London and back or
walks 800 meters
and the whole place is filled with jubilation in the North, or so it seems. What
information do these people have that the rest of us don’t have? What planet
are they living on when the nation clearly is on a deathbed?
2. The False Successor:
In the nation’s history,
only two Northern politicians have had what can be considered the type of
popular support or loyalty that Buhari has today in the North. These men were
Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto and Mallam Aminu Kano. But the irony
is that as opposed to Buhari, these men actually had political ideas of
governance and real track records that gave them credibility with the people.
