After the Supreme Court threw out the legal challenge by Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party on the February 2019 presidential poll last week, two things flashed across my mind. One was a song, the other, a quote from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which I’d read over 40 years ago.
Olusegun Obasanjo, and his foreign cohorts. The former president was the one that ruined Atiku Abubakar most, when they fought a bitter battle as they served together in government. Obasanjo wrote books, granted interviews, where he poured vitriol on his former deputy. He described him in words that won’t make you buy Atiku for ten kobo. In fact, he said God should punish him if he ever supported Atiku for president. And that lasted for about ten years.
Obasanjo had always decided who should, and shouldn’t be President, right from the first time he left power as a military ruler in 1979. He was instrumental in some ways to the emergence of Shehu Shagari, Umaru Yar’Adua, and Goodluck Jonathan, as presidents. He also contributed to pulling them down later with his mouth. By this year, Nigerians were simply tired of the overbearing attitude of the Otta chicken farmer.
Again, the marabouts, prophets, some pastors and preachers. Yes, let me group them together, including the witches and wizards. They formed a confederacy, and said Atiku would win. Who is it that says anything when the Lord has not spoken? The marabouts collected money handsomely, and pronounced Atiku king. They did not tell him he would be king on an empty throne. The preachers, across the major religions, because of personal hatred, and possibly inducement, gave evil and false messages.
The coalition that thought they owned the country. They also fooled Atiku. They include politicians, businessmen, high net-worth people. They had never failed in anything before. If they showed you a red card, you were out of the game. God’s judgment, no appeal. Such people massed behind Atiku.
FemAdesina Your turn is near okay... Watch out
FemAdesina Heaven knows that atiku won the election. Let God judge.
Same way PMB was given False Sense of Hope 3 times before 2015
This piece is as boring as it is riddled with inconsistencies and contradictions! At least the writer who acknowledged the fact that 'Nigerians across every lane'(if I may paraphrase) supported the atiku brand, meaning that MBuhari was only manipulated in and not the winner!
What else is expected from this man but a defence of his master, whether his master is right or wrong?.But posterity will judge everyone when we look back in history.
Boda, ati kuro lori yen. Face governance abbeg.
Nice piece but you did not let us into the veracity or otherwise of the alleged plan B deal in Dubai. That alone would have sufficed to give the desired victory to Atikulated. It would have been a disaster🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
Don’t worry it will soon be clear in your eyes! No matter how you tame a lion, a lion is a lion, the tyrant will touch everybody
Femi has not learned from his egbon, the other pastor in charge of academics.
This mumu still de govt,hope U de learn from osinbajo travail,life na onye buru turn by turn
Mr your land or You die