President Muhammad Buhari rode to power on the strength of his anticurruption posture. He has been in power in Nigeria since the 29th May 2015 without appointing key officers to his cabinet. Till date no cabinet exists, which means the retired General is currently at liberty to exercise some dictatorial powers as it were. This means the President has free rein to arrest the decay caused by corruption on the Nigeria psyche.
The moot question remains: can the General go far in his avowed anticorruption crusade? I believe the President is damned if he did and dawned if he didn't. The simple reason being that Buhari rode to power with the active support of some known corrupt personalities. Buhari was (and is) supported by politicians of questionable sources of wealth. To move against such characters is to open Buhari to a campaign of being an ingrate. And no doubt these powerful politicians sure know how to manipulate the media to pursue their narrow and parochial agenda. If, on the other hand President Buhari decides to go after the opposition he would be accused of selective dispensation of justice. It therefore seems the President is balanced precariously on the horns of dilemma. How he chooses to move forward will, to a large extent, define his Presidency.
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Buhari has a lot of balancing to do.
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