Ruled By The Shameless.

by Eze Eluchie,

It is now exactly one month (31 whole days) that the Nigerian ruler departed the shores of the contraption on a so-called medical vacation to Britain. Buhari departed Nigeria on the 19th of January 2017 and is yet to either return to Nigeria or address Nigerians on his whereabouts or condition, till date.

Since his departure, all manner of despicable efforts at attempting to prove that Mr. Buhari is alive and ‘hale and hearty’ has been spewed on Nigerians by all manners of characters. In all these efforts, these characters overlook the inherent shame in having a ruler of a contraption perpetually on a brink, idling away in an undisclosed location outside the shores of the contraption over which he rules.

If in one month of his absence, Nigeria has clogged on as usual, perhaps, like the Financial Times columnist wrote, whether dead or alive, Buhari is insignificant to Nigeria and the contraption can now formally dispense with thoughts of his presence and move on.

If indeed he is still in alive and in Britain, does Mr. Buhari ever wonder what the British will be thinking of him and his continued stay in their country? Does Buhari wonder what harm his continued unending sojourn is causing the Nigerian state, economically and politically? An Igbo adage posits that when an in-law over stays, he will begin to be sent on errands by his hosts. Buhari has since overstayed his welcome in Britain, it will thus not be surprising if soon enough altercations which simply ought never to have occurred begin to be reported of the man who unfortunately still parades with the insignia of office of the President of the Federal Republic.  

If on the other hand the maximum ruler is ‘waiting for the results of his tests and convalescing’, is it not possible to replicate, anywhere in Nigeria, the entirety of the medical facilities and procedures and personnel (buildings, equipment and medical staff and whatsoever else) that has caused the shame of the contraptions ruler having to hide in some obscure locations for treatment for so long? Nigeria can certainly afford the cost of such replication. Such replication will also make the facilities made available in Nigeria be available to other Nigerians who might suffer from a similar ailment as is allegedly befalling the ruler. Such thinking will be sacrilegious to those who know that deep down, despite their pontificating, that they have no interest in the survival of the Nigerian state or its constituent citizenry.  

  

And probably when and if he does return to Nigeria, Mr. Buhari will have the guts to stand before Nigerians and talk about the need to ‘sacrifice for Nigeria’, ‘cut costs’, ‘fight corruption’ and whatsoever other such hogwash that has become his preferred topics in his second misadventure in governing the contraption. Good grief.

The inherent shamelessness is mindboggling.

Picture: Buhari’s ghoulish departure from Nigeria on 19^th January 2017 – yet to return till date.