giovedì 12 aprile 2007

ONE YEAR INTO YAR'ADUA'S ADMINISTRATION

It sounds obviously like a detour, from campaigning for a change to prediting victory for the hawks. Yes, I have to admit to myself that it is a kind of a defeatist approach. Let us look at it this way, a desperate president has seen something about the future of Nigeria that the rest of us have not seen. He is committed to realizing what his best approach to it is and has deployed all the arms in his arsenal to fight the way. One thing that he knows is that he has lost the battle at the court of public opinion and by extension public vote. He arbitrarily declares public holidays to scuttle court processes and constantly positions himself as the Lord of the Mano. The day comes as Mr. President expects and Yar'Adua wins. My People it is not a free and fair election, once again it is going to be a selection, one tainted by hawkish interests.

No, it is too early to succumb. What happened in Imo state is an eye opener, Baba is not having it his way all the way. yet again, before this time, Adebayo Adefarati the deceased AD presidential candidate lost out to a battle between life and death. Our presidential hopeful is to say the least more fragile than the late Adefarati, that is not to predict his death anyway. Democracy has a way of refining itself. While men will keep playing gods in African situation, the dice might swing in a minute.

Ikennamindset is not sold to pessimism and refused to buy into the arguments of several of my friends who are theorists of a social evolution that cannot escape the mistakes of others in the light of new knowledge and advancement in science and technology.

Mark this, one year into Yar'Adua's administration, OBJ will have the course to say, why did I make this type of monumental mistake. His pet dogs will be his ferocious enemies and bite him they must do.

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