Buhari’s presidency: Vibrant support and agonising regret

ABOUT five years ago, my decision to endorse retired General Muhammadu Buhari given the constraints at the time, was based on the promise that he would make a great civilian President of Nigeria. I scripted a widely circulated glowing affirmation of his candidacy. Based on my estimations, there were appropriate inadequacies associated with the other candidates that made them unfit for the job. Nuhu Ribadu, Goodluck Jonathan and to some extent my friend Dele Momodu were all contenders. In all of the criteria that I applied to evaluate the candidates, the one that made President Buhari stand out was my conclusion that he would still be interested if the job had no pay and without the shine of the office. President Buhari, after serving in several “juicy” positions in Nigeria was not publicly known to be a billionaire
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