IBB, PDP and the Fate of the Nation?

                                         IBB, PDP and the Fate of the Nation?

IBB responds to PDP threat to de-member him for his antiparty activities.

“Babangida described the threat of sanction from the PDP, according to report, as ridiculous and needless, stating that he was never cowed by such threat in any way.” Tribune daily news (online) April 25, 2011. 

We say, IBB, you are absolutely  right,  having been praised,  loved, eulogized, crowned, worshipped for stealing billions of dollars of public fund with great impunity how can the mere threat of party de-membership mean any thing to you.  Beside, who says you are loyal to any party? IBB have only but one interest and that is, to be at the pinnacle of power and one loyalty, his loyalty to north’s caliphate hegemonic doctrine held by few cabals in the north. What PDP call antiparty activities IBB regard as self and northern interest activities. PDP is wrong and naïve to think that IBB, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and General Aliyu Gusau should put its or Nigerian interest above northern interest. Or perhaps PDP may have beaten IBB, the maradona in his own game.  May be PDP knew what IBB's interest was and knew where his loyalty was in the just concluded general election  but figured out that it was better to take advantage of IBB's mouthed support for PDP-Jonathan as against his inner desire for northern president. Now that the election is over PDP is asking IBB to for once in his life to say and do what he means. PDP is asking IBB to quit being in both sides of the divide. They want IBB, the maradona to decide on his political party affiliation. But we the true citizens of Nigeria, the victims of IBB's eight years of loot and dictatorship ask him to hide his primitive and greedy persona from the National stage.

Yet, we are not with the illusion that IBB will remove his ignorant self from the national discourse because doing that could amount to political suicide and physical harm. IBB correctly figured out that the only way he will remain ahead of the law for his eight years of corrupt murderous dictatorship, loot and treason against the nation is to remain in the national discourse, shape it and be for everything and for nothing; supports the ruling parties presidential candidate and while at the same time supports other candidates that could possible win the presidential vote especially a northern candidate like Buhari. IBB, the evil genius knows that as long as his is  a contender and a serious presidential candidate his opponents  will more than likely compromise and accommodate him  thereby erasing the thought and idea of probing him for eight years of capital crime against Nigeria. It is for these compromise and accommodation that IBB continues to bring his primitive self into the national discourse. Even with his billions of dollars of stolen public wealth IBB knows that he cannot win a presidential election in Nigeria but can avert prosecution by remaining engaged in the national political conversation. PDP can dismiss IBB from the party but it should not be mad at IBB for his antiparty activities because IBB should do what he must do to remain a freeman knowing that for eight years he committed capital crimes against Nigerian. Who else in his right mind and survival instinct will not sit on both sides of the divides?  IBB, the Maradona, how can he not support Jonathan even when he support his opponents? How can he not support Buhari?

IBB knew that there exist big chance for Buhari to win the presidency and not showing support to him may not only mean political death but a physical one, from a possible long prison time under Buhari administration irrespective of Buharis's selective amnesia of the looters of the Nigerian treasury. If politics was like soccer where each player must choose one side and one side only, heaven knows that IBB would have chosen Buhari for two reasons. First, if Buhari looses IBB knew he had nothing to loose, in fact IBB will be more at easy since he views Jonathan as that timid southern boy that lacks the courage, will and political mandate to probe or prosecute him. Second, because IBB understands that his support for any candidate or lack thereof would not decide the outcome of the presidential vote hence the wisest thing to do would be to support that potential President with vengeance, will and perceived courage to probe and prosecute him and to IBB that president would be a Buhari presidency.

Nearly twenty years after leaving the pinnacle of power that brought eight years of corrupt murderous dictatorship, loot and treason against the nation IBB have employed all tools, bribery, intimidation, threats, political camaraderie and prostitution to evade prosecution. Instead of calling him out for his crime against the nation, politicians seek friendship, material and financial support from IBB. Truth is that any administration that fails to probe IBB and other looters is in itself a corrupt administration and therefore must be probe because corruption is not only the act of looting but also a cowardly and wilful failure in recovering public wealth from the looters.

Voci Bawoman