It was as far back as 1988 or thereabouts. Based on my limited reading, I was able to correctly deduce that then military president Ibrahim Babangida was taking copies out of the playbook of late Argentinian dictator Juan Peron, while his wife saw herself as another Eva "Evita" Peron. I was therefore not shocked when the Babangida regime, without any prompting, confirmed that it had sent out feelers to Buenos Aires.
Why should it then surprise anyone that a very prominent member of this "military wing" of the PDP, former president Obasanjo has to date not found anything good to say about Chief MKO Abiola. Fayose recently only said what we all already know.
There is general agreement that Nigeria has a sordid past. How come then that the same past is overpopulated with heroes, with all manners of criminals and despots fully rehabilitated? Streets, boulevards and stadia named after them. The case of Abacha is not just an open wound, in addition it is more like twisting the dagger in our innards.
On our part, we are culpable by playing along, honouring the despicable with our presence and accolades at public events.
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