I wish I have something good to say about the dead Buhari. No I don’t, and I don’t want to be like the other hypocrites praying that a man who squandered his second chance at redemption should rest in peace.
No. Every citizen that lost their home in Benue are not resting in peace. Those daily losing the money they do not have paying out ransom are not resting in peace. His fellow Katsinawa who are unable to farm peacefully or simply walk free are not resting in peace.
The Nigerian economy that was totally messed up under him is not resting in peace. Thousands of graduates who can’t find jobs in the country with the highest potential aren’t living in peace.
So, while it is not in my place to determine where Muhammadu Buhari goes tonight or at any time, I am putting it on record that I do not wish him well. It doesn’t matter at all, but yes, when the dead have done nothing good to deserve resting in peace, it’ll be hypocritical to join the rest in peace hypocrisy.
It’s a shame that after wasting the country’s resources and opportunity for eight (8) solid years, Buhari did not build one (1) solid hospital that could treat him. He had to go to London to die. Now, that is shameful because even residents of the United Kingdom have nothing good to say about their own NHS, but at least they have it.
It is also shameful that all the ‘treatments’ he has received in the last ten years is at the mercy of the citizenry he denied their basic human rights. It is double shameful that the same citizens will now have to bear the painful burden of shipping his corpse to wherever he chose to be buried.
I hope that whoever is in charge of processing where people go after they leave here ensures that Buhari gets the same treatment afterlife that he gave the majority of this great country called Nigeria.
I have no good wishes foe Buhari. He refused to admit his failure and ask for our forgiveness while he was here. Personally, I won’t be missing him. And now that he is useless to us, those who kept quiet while he was sleeping on duty will be coming out to tell us what he did or failed to do that brought us here.
It is sad to write this epitaph but I remember the saying that it is better to stay away from public office and die with the myth that you are a hero than to return to public office just to prove how vile, evil and utterly clueless you are.
No personal beef Mamman, just utter disappointment. We should put this here as a warning to all those alive today, contributing their quota to the destruction of our country. Death is the death we owe humanity, make it less painful for those you’d be leaving behind by making amends while you can.
Condolences to Garba Shehu, you need a second book and many more to whitewash the dirty, putrid image of the man whose image you were hired to clean up. As they say in Jamaica, a good wine needs no bush.
Tunde Asaju is a Nigerian journalist and author based in Canada. He writes for various publications, including TheCable and New Canadian Media, sharing his perspectives on Nigerian politics, social issues, and cultural matters.
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