A bemused nation is watching a public quarrel between two former military leaders who governed Nigeria for a total of 19 years between them. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, a former General who benefited from an attempted coup that took the life of General Murtala Mohammed, and was later to become a civilian President for eight years, and General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, a military ruler for eight years who gave himself the title of President, are no strangers to controversies. But this public spat between them looks very much like a last hurrah from two persons whose egos and records in office have guaranteed the arrested development of the Nigerian nation. The quarrel is bitter because it involves two people who have tip-toed around each other for a very long time, bearing massive grievances, but unsure whether they could successfully take each other up. The quarrel is revealing in terms of the issues it raises regarding their competence, integrity, maturity and quality of their leadership, which are all being thrown into the fray. The quarrel is useful for those who are involved in writing our nation’s history, because it addresses an …
Copyright, Blaise APLOGAN, 2010,© Bienvenu sur Babilown
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