By Banji Ojewale
Our leaders are our deadliest enemies.
Not given to altruism, these leaders don’t also subscribe to the law of the power of example. This is the golden rule insisting that rulers aren’t graded great until they exhibit selfless, sacrificial and Spartan conduct that sparks same virtues in the citizens. But our leaders, elected, selected or ‘dictated,’ believe in the precept of the example of power. Here, the goal is, as you grab power, you must dig in, you must live in it and flaunt it and extend its frontiers like you’d be in its embrace forever.
Tinubu and Buhari
They invest their all in it, nursing it with a
lusty affection that outlaws competition or regard for other existential concerns.
They bequeath a depressed economy after fattening their personal bank accounts
and acquiring more property than they had at the point of entry. They exploit
the led and desecrate their sacred office. They arrange a superannuation that glides
them into a lifetime of cloying affluence and luxury.
