The Yoruba say people may feel hunger same way, but may not feel same way deep down about issues, events, and occurrences. Thus, those who made illicit wealth during the presidency of Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ), due to which Nigeria is in debt and deficit financing, will remember him as the best thing that happened to them. He is currently in bribing spree, visiting traditional rulers and religious leaders, countrywide. Even ordinary citizens will hardly visit such people empty handed; so it goes without saying that he is bribing them.
How will ordinary Nigerians remember GEJ? Very many Nigerians will remember him for driving them to join him to truncate rotational presidency, which led to terrorism, properly so-called, for the first time ever in Nigeria. Churches that had existed for many years were bombed with people worshipping inside them; many Imams, other Muslim leaders, and near innumerable Muslims were also killed and are still being killed.
In the name of God and for the sake the nation, I appeal to all well-meaning Nigerians to give peace a chance and vote for rotational presidency; 2015, northwest; 2019-2027 southeast, etc. Let’s make that our modus vivendi, towards order, equity, peace, stability, and progress. Political opportunism, such as GEJ availed himself can never work; it worked for GEJ who became President, but too many Nigerians are still dying, both terrorism and corruption are on rampage; Nigeria is in shambles. I told the former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, to forget about becoming Nigeria’s President, and simply face his private university, because we want zonal rotational presidency, and we don’t want anybody who built private university from corruption.
Being nice is good. General Muhammadu Buhari was Petroleum Minister, Finance Minister, and Head of State; in none did he mess-up. By the grace of Almighty God, he will win the 2015 election and teach us to straighten our petroleum and other accounts. He will not seek a second term, because we don’t want another civil war; it will be the turn of the southeast; southwest and south-south will wait for their second round as we rotate from zone to zone, north-south. Yes, if chosen, Governor Rotimi Amaechi will work well with Buhari, his peers have confidence in him as Chairman of the Governors’ Forum.
Yes, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, is looking favorably into my Masquerade Studies proposal. I am highly hopeful. With God, all things are possible.
Oyeniran Abioje,
Ilorin
