I wonder if there was ever a time that Prof Ibrahim Gambari was not serving any government (of Nigeria). Even at the UN he served at the pleasure of the nominating administration at home. I cannot then understand what he would have lost if he had directly confronted President Barack Obama on the issue of strongman/strong institutions dichotomy. If anything he was never on the US payroll, or was he? It is because of such anti-people stance that I had recommended in private circles that Prof Gambari be sent as a permanent envoy to the Military Government holding down the people of Burma/Myanmar in a stranglehold. He would have found the leaders of the junta very pleasant company indeed. Fortunately Prof Gambari does not seem to have garnered much support towards his antiquated position.
Now, we have a new strongman in the person of President Buhari. Forget the niceties of his accession to power through the last election. So did Hitler. Same applies to Donald Trump. A strongman is a strongman. I bet that the amiable professor loves PMB, foibles and all. Mark this down: what we have here is one less critic for Lai Mohammed to worry about.
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