By Ikechukwu Amaechi
“Ndigbo have a saying that a man adept at chopping off people’s heads is always uncomfortable when anyone wielding a machete stands, menacingly or otherwise, behind.
“Buhari knows about treason. On December 31, 1983, he led a band of coup plotters to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Shehu Shagari.
“It is a tragedy that 17 students of the Greenfield University, Kaduna State kidnapped on April 18 are still in captivity after the kidnappers murdered five of them and are threatening to kill the others unless a ransom of N100 million and 10 motor cycles is paid.
“These are the issues. Terrorists are taunting the Nigerian State and the government is helpless. Buhari has failed the people. He has failed the country. He has failed the international community and friends of the country. And he failed because he came to power with an agenda that is anti-Nigeria.
“Buhari thought he could take Nigerians for a ride but the kitchen is getting rather too hot for his liking. Those threatening the corporate existence of Nigeria are the terrorists that his administration is pampering.
“Rather than looking for nonexistent treasonable felons, the questions that should concentrate the minds of Buhari and his co-travellers are: Why is the call for separation becoming so loud and urgent? Why are ordinarily sober and reflective statesmen becoming agitated activists? Why is the drumbeat of war getting louder?
“The joke is on Buhari. His political wounds are self-inflicted. He is haunted by his crass incompetence, nepotism and wilful violation of the Constitution. To resort to coup scaremongering is sheer humdrum. Traumatised Nigerians should be spared these puerile distractions.”
