RE: BUHARI CANNOT IMPOSE RESTRUCTURING ON NIGERIA – PRESIDENCY

Every so often these jokers at The Presidency come out with the truth. One thing is missing here though. There is the other side of the coin so to say. As much as Buhari, the president, cannot and should not impose #Restructuringon Nigeria by military diktat, for which he has no powers, it is another matter altogether that he has consistently and unashamedly sought not just to oppose but to undermine any moves toward Restructuring or even discussing same. The agitation by the Nnamdi Kanu led IPOB for #Biafrahas obviously constituted the last straw. How can a despot with borrowed democratic robes, with barely concealed despotic tendencies that with each passing day prove extremely difficult to whitewash, deal with the Biafran affront within the context of the Rule of Law? This has proved impossible.

Hence, with or without the goading of The Arewa Consultative Assembly and their youth offshoots, President Buhari has been doing what comes naturally to him. The scorched earth response to IPOB, MASSOB and any agitators out of Igboland have proved to be Standard Operating Procedure.

It is therefore well nigh unlikely that President Buhari will stand aside and let even a reluctant National Assembly to finally discuss #Restructuring, #TrueFederalism or #Biafra. These discussions are different parts of the same whole. One outcome automatically precludes the others. The APC led administration, the Presudency, The Arewa masters of the polity, the Niger Deltans and even the Fence Sitters in Igboland are not stupid. They all know that it is all one huge discussion that we must have.

There was a time people made reference to the body language of Mr President. That time has long passed. He has clearly stated his position. The greatest tragedy is that in the coming #Repuduation of the membership of the National Assembly, the people cannot count on the "military" president, who appears hell bent on seizing the title of Father of Modern Nigeria, whatever that means, from Olusegun Obasanjo, to be on their side. This is sad. I cannot predict how this will pan out.