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| Picture from Governor Amosun’s visit to President Buhari in London |
I campaigned for Buhari, and rejoiced when he won the 2015 Presidential elections. I wrote
this celebratory post, where I outlined my reasons for believing he would turn Nigeria around:
“I have supported Buhari since 2011 because I believe he will combat corruption, re-unite Nigeria, appoint competent aides and Ministers versus rent-seekers, create an enabling environment for our economy and institutions to flourish, and restore our pride before Africa and the world. I now add ‘defeat Boko Haram’ to that list.” — Me, 2015.
Things haven’t turned out as I hoped. Except for gains against Boko Haram and the intervention in The Gambia, not much has changed. The fight against corruption has mostly been conducted in the media,
with just one noteworthy conviction to speak of.
Court orders to release people like El-Zakzaky have been ignored. There have been no coordinated efforts to re-unite Nigeria, and
there are reports that the armed forces shot at protesters agitating for the Biafran state.
