By Paul
Onomuakpokpo
No profound insight
has been offered in former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s declaration of
President Muhammadu Buhari as having not passed muster. He only articulated
what has not only been in the public domain but has equally been kept in focus
in the domestic sphere of the president. Of course, we cannot forget so soon
that Aisha, the First Lady, has been warning her husband of the political
misfortune that could trail his re-election bid if he fails to make necessary
amends and rescue his governance style from being a blight on the citizens’
lives. Even in the early days of this government when it was still unvarnished
amid the seeming towering popularity of Buhari and when the whimpers of protest
against his lack of leadership acumen were easily dismissed as emanating from ‘wailers’
who were nostalgic for a dark past of the nation, Mrs. Buhari was already
giving forebodings of the sad end of this administration.
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| *President Buhari and Obasanjo |
Yet, we must appreciate the significance of
Obasanjo’s letter which lies in its ineluctably ominous character. Obasanjo
could be seen as an angel of death or an undertaker whose letters only serve as
the hearse to convey a government that has irredeemably crashed to its grave.
This was the case of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
