I find it difficult to believe that Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) can be trusted on the issue of resolving the nationality question in Nigeria. At the core of that question is the issue of compelling Nigeria’s unitary state to relinquish monopoly control of the revenue that is realized from the petroleum which is drilled from the Niger Delta. More than anyone else, Buhari has been extensively involved in that monopoly first as a petroleum minister, then as a military dictator, and under Sanni Abacha as the chairman of a task force that was in charge of importing and allocating pharmaceuticals.
His quick rejection of the suggestion by the other opposition parties to boycott the April 21 farce did not come as a surprise to many people. His reason then was that the farce must be allowed to proceed and that voters must then defend their vote. Well, the farce has been concluded and his kinsman, Umar Yar’Adua has been declared the ‘winner’ as everyone expected. Since Yar'Adua did not receive votes from real people, there's no one to defend anything at all. What does Buhari have in stock now that all has been said and done?
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