Buhari has proven himself to be a hunter , I don’t like lions. Their hunt bores me stiff. On sighting a prey, they go too swiftly, too brutal and aim for the thyroid. In seconds they break the wind pipe of their prey and pronto, dinner is served. No real drama, no teasing, all sheer speed and downright efficient killing. One of my favorite hunters is the Hyena. They are pretty much more patient than the vulture. They can chase a prey for days on end, at the end the prey is worn out and more or less surrenders itself as dinner.
There is a sense of drama in their hunt. The prey at the beginning of the hunt is quite agile. The pack of Hyenas knows that it is a matter of time before the prey starts losing strength. Like marathon runners from Kenya they keep up the pace behind the prey.
President Muhammadu Buhari has proven himself an avid hunter. His persistence in repeatedly contesting the Nigerian presidency has all the markings of the skill of the hyena. He kept at it even against all possible odds. To the amazement of many of us, he has finally succeeded.
How Buhari’s hunt for immorality may influence Nigeria
So the plan has to be obvious: make the probing of Jonathan the center piece of the policy of this government and do it very slowly. This government really does not need to tar roads, construct railways, work on the power situation or indeed carry out any other form of governance to be hugely successful. Just keep on probing Jonathan and the place of this administration is guaranteed in history. Already, it appears as if the President has gotten the hang of it. Prior to his inauguration he made it clear that he will probe Jonathan.
When he went to United States he announced to the whole world in an article that under Jonathan, one million barrels of oil was stolen daily, he made the unnecessary error of reducing this figure in an NTA interview. Since then the reiteration of plans to probe Jonathan has become a weekly affair. The press statement is usually released after the president has met with one group or the other. He will of course reiterate his commitment to recovering all the Jonathan loot. As of the last count this mysterious loot was said to be $150Billion.
The time for their arrest must be very close to the next election. By then his supporters will be defined as the supporters of corruption, whilst the supporters of the president will have the higher moral high ground. By hobbling Jonathan, PDP is invariably reduced in the minds of “right thinking Nigerians”, who know that corruption is the exclusive preserve of the PDP. By slowly bamboozling and teasing Jonathan, the President will walk straight into the Nigerian hall of fame as the man who crushed corruption. After all once Jonathan finally goes to prison a week to the next general election, all the corruption in Nigerian police, customs and excise and other federal and state government agencies would have been vanquished.
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