I don’t know about you. I care enough about Nigeria and our new sheriff in
town to sound this alarm before it is too little too late. Not everybody
you speak to in Nigeria loves or appreciates the change agenda Buhari has
been preaching.
The great majority of Nigerians, myself included strongly support Buhari
and we are rooting for him to succeed. The Christians and the Muslims among
us welcome his bold pronouncement when he quickly dismissed any attempt by
his hosts in the United States to raise the issue of same sex marriage with
him. He told his interviewers not to go there. Those of us who support him
do so with passion because we believe he has what it takes to be the
catalyst for change in Nigeria.
I am not so sure if the same thing can be said of the superrich among us
and those who have benefited the most from the rot and the abuse Nigeria
has endured from the outgoing Jonathan Administration. As a historian, I
take the position that all it needs for evil to triumph is for good people
to see evil and to keep quiet or look the other way. I also know that those
