President Muhammadu Buhari is in love with Goodluck Jonathan. Indeed Buhari is so besotted with Jonathan that he will devise any means and seize every opportunity to discredit him.
Already his anti-corruption campiagn is actually an anti-Jonathan campaign reason being members of his own kitchen cabinet who have been accused of graft are still in the corridors of power. Buhari took his obsession to a whole new level with the recent request by former Peoples’ Democratic Party spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, to call Jonathan as a witness in his on-going trial. Metuh is accused of receiving N400m from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.


Whether that request came about as a result of backroom dealing with Buhari for Metuh to regain his freedom remains to be seen. What is clear however is that the request is aimed at humilating Jonathan to gain the favour of the powers that be.


Now Dasuki who allegedly released the said amount to Metuh is yet to be convicted by any Nigerian court. As a matter of fact, the ECOWAS Court has declared his arrest and continued detention by the Federal Government illegal. Despite an order for Dakusi’s release, the FG has persisted in this trial by media to deflect attention from Buhari’s mounting atrocities.


So if Dasuki from whom Metuh received the money is yet to be convicted, why call on Jonathan as a witness? What happens if the court declares that Dasuki has committed no crime? Would Jonathan’s appearance in court then make a difference? As if on cue, the Nigerian media went on rampage reporting that Jonathan has been ordered to appear in court. TV stations went into an in-depth analysis as to whether or not Jonathan would appear in court, cleverly deflecting attention from allegations of corruption against several members of Buhari’s own kitchen cabinet.


It is unfortunate that Metuh has allowed himself to be used as a pawn in this game in a desperate bid to secure his freedom. While he can deny any intention to humiliate Jonathan, it is simply what it is. Methinks he is regretting his decision because of the uproar from Jonathan’s social media voltrons. Metuh’s lawyer if he was so desirous of Jonathan’s testimony had several alternatives to procure them. The media circus over an intended subpoeana was unnecessary.


The APC government must be commended for their brilliant and formidable publicity machinery but it wouldn’t stop Buhari from going down as the worst civilian president in history. His present antics are not new to reasonable Nigerians who witnessed his military dictatorship in 1983. Just as he is doing now, Buhari went on a corruption cleansing rampage, jailing South-South, South-East and South-West civilian governors after hastily conducted military tribunals. Shehu Shagari whom he overthrew was kept under house arrest while others languished in prison.


Yet Bola Tinubu and other South-West leaders, well aware of Buhari’s sectional tendencies, in their greedy quest to grab power still threw their weight behind him. Unfortunately for everyone involved, Buhari is still fighting the same one-sided corruption battle; attacking everyone who is not of northern extraction while protecting his own people. No one in Nigeria is above the law. However, he who comes to equity must come with clean hands. This trial by media has got to stop. Allow the Economic nd Financial Crimes Commission to conduct proper investigations and let the courts do their work.


Most importantly, no section of this country is greater than the other. There is no reason why people should think it is okay to humiliate some politicians while others walk free. Jonathan is not perfect and so is Olusegun Obasanjo. Under Obasanjo, many unresolved assassinations occurred, ill-preserved bombs went off at the Ikeja Cantonment, Odi community in Bayelsa was nearly exterminated, his indictment in the $74m Haliburton bribe scandal and the unpatriotic hand over of the Bakassi community to Cameroun just to further his selfish ambition at the United Nations. This is just to mention a few, yet today Obasanjo is a saint. If Nigerians truly want to see a change, we must heed the words of late Martin Luther King who said, ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.’

you said it all .

Sound words! However, if I were Jonathan I will honour the court invitation and deny Metu.

So it's left to the court to unravel what to do with the bastard. He's not the only person being persecuted, so why resort into such foolish stunt?

I commend the hypocrisy of the Nigerian media, the major problem of Nigeria is the media and it's antecedent role in supporting previous and present government activities.

We must be resolute on Nigerians been educated enough to debunk junk journalism. Most worrisome is the greed and hunger in the country that even the non mainstream media (blogs, Facebook) are not even reliable, full with lies, the highest bidder gets the news.

We all are the problem...A people deserve the leaders they get.

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Undiluted truth

Coneheads and their mouthfoaming way of life are on their way...their masters must be defended

besides,lubricating the arsse of their lordsMallas is sancosant