My take on Buhari's Greek gift of June 12 as the new Democracy day is best summed up with this anecdote: You are owing your friend some amount of money. One day you both went to the bank where you were both caught up in a bank robbery. You now decided to give your friend the money you've been owing him right there in the middle of the bank robbery. To all intent and purposes you paid back your loan. BUT is it the right place and occasion to pay it?
You can actually do something good albeit with a bad intention. The proprietary of Buhari's act is not in doubt, but the timing. Coming, as it were, during the time of politicking makes it suspect.
Buhari was part of the junta that annulled the freest and best election ever conducted by the nation's electoral body. By the way Buhari still believes late Gen Abacha was not corrupt. Even though his stolen cash are still being repatriated home periodically. The APC cried blue murder when the Federally owned University of Lagos was renamed Moshood Abiola University, in honour of the fallen democrat. After much pressure from those now championing Abiola's course now, the decision was reversed. The Buhari overture and volte face is not lost on discerning Nigerians. With elections just round the corner more of this about turn can be expected.
