Last week, space constraints did not permit us to reveal more of what ADC will do differently from APC if the coalition of opposition politicians snatch power and run with it in 2027. Today, we start from where we stopped. Enjoy it!
“There is one person Nigerians, especially the youths, believe will make a difference if he comes to power on the platform of ADC… “
“And who is that person, if I may ask?
”Peter Obi, of course!”
“You mean ‘Yes, Daddy’?”
“Oh my God! Has that become his name?”
“Of course! Just like we have ‘Eleyi of Ogun state’ and ‘Emilokan of Nigeria’!”
“And ‘Olu’le’ of what-should-we-call-it now?“
“Forget about O-lu’le! He has finally ‘lu’le’ and the rest, as they say, is history”
“Judging from reports, history has not smiled on him…”
“Did the man himself smile on us when he was alive – except on his Fulani tribesmen? But don’t divert our topic to past tense…”
“Sorry about that! But we cannot adequately address the present and apprehend the future if we do not have a right perspective of the past”
“The present, properly addressed, will help us to ameliorate the disastrous impacts of the past, which is why I am deeply worried that the prognosis does not look bright at all…”
“What do you mean? Another opportunity beckons in two years’ time…”
“With ‘Yes, Daddy’?“
“Of course! Don’t you think he will act differently from the present president?“
“Sure, he will!”
“Exactly! Nigeria will be on its road to El-Dorado…”
“Eldo-what? Did you forget what he told the Bishop on the run-down to the last presidential election? That it was a religious war…“
“Who can forget that? But religious war between who and who?”
“Your guess is as good as mine!”
“That is Armageddon! When Christians and Muslims fight one another..”
“That will even be tidier than a religious war without borders and without boundaries, the war of one against all…”
“That will be akin to Thomas Hobbes’s state of nature! Why did you think such a perilous path awaits us under Yes, Daddy?”
“Consider his antecedents! When he was the governor of his home state, they said he favoured Catholics against the other Christian denominations…”
“Really? Then, he will most likely instigate Christian against Christian religious war…”
“Worse than that! Even within his Catholic denomination, he is said to belong to the Jesuits…”
“Jesuits? Who is that?“
“Google it! Jesuits, because of their politics and pursuits, are said not to be very much loved even by fellow Catholics…”
“Why?”