By Reuben Abati
Nigeria is on the road to Babylon: a place of
confusion. Three years ago, the people were convinced that they had found
a messiah who will lead them to the Promised Land, and meet all their expectations.
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| *Buhari |
Today, everyone is
speaking in different tongues; “turning
and turning in the widening gyre…the falcon cannot hear the falconer… things
fall apart; the centre cannot hold/Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world/The
blood-doomed tide is loosed, and everywhere/the ceremony of innocence is
drowned…surely, some revelation is at hand…”
But just may be, there
is still, no cause for despair. The good thing about democracy is that it
teaches people lessons – ask them in Malaysia and the United States – and even when
the people refuse stubbornly to learn – ask them in Syria, Venezuela, and Libya
– the lessons exist nonetheless.
