SINCE MY POSTING OF THE FIRST PART OF THIS ARTICLE LAST WEEK, SO MANY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE NIGERIAN POLITY THAT WILL WORTH 2 MINUTES OF MY TIME.

1.LAST WEEK THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL(THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS) APPOINTED A 6 MEMBER TEAM TO GO TO SAUDI ARABIA, WHERE THEY THINK THAT  WE HAVE OUR STOLEN PRESIDENT, TO SEE IF IS STILL A LIFE.

IT WILL BE NECESARRY TO MENTION THAT THIS WILL NOT BE THE FIRST TIME DELEGATIONS ARE SENT TO LOOK FOR THE PRESIDENT.3 PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS CAME BACK AFTER WASTING A LARGE CHUNK OF OUR MONEY, WITHOUT SEEING HIM.

2, THE SECOND EVENT HAPPENED IN THE VERY EARLY HOURS OF YESTERDAY.AT ABOUT 1.45 AM, AN AIR AMBULANCE LANDED AT THE ABUJA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.ONE OTHER UN MARKED PLANE LANDED LATER AND BOTH WERE PARKED IN THE BUSH WITHIN THE AIRPORT.LATER PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS TOOK AWAY SOME PEOPLE AND PARCELS FROM THE PLANES WHICH THEY LOADED IN A WAITING AMBULANCE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA.”THE PRESIDENT IS BACK” BUT NOBODY HAS SEEING HIM.HE IS STILL MISSING.

LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR ,THAT I BELIEVE THE MAN IS STILL ON LIFE SUPPORT AND STILL IN SAUDI ARABIA.HE IS DEAD SICK.AND THE POWER PLAY THAT HAS STARTED CAN ONLY LEAD TO WHAT BUSTA RYHME CALLS “ANARCHY”.AS I LISTEN TO ASA´S MUSIC THIS MORNING, I CAN NOT HELP BUT THINK THAT HER SONG, “THERE IS FIRE ON THE MOUNTIAN ” BEST CAPTURES THE MOOD AND POSIBLITY IN NIGERIA AT THE MOMENT.ANYTHING GOES , ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN……

BEYOND THESE EVENTS I WILL CONTINUE MY ARTICLE .

15,(CONTINUES.) IF GOD STILL EXISTS, HE MAY AS WELL PUNISH ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT USE HIS NAME TO KOWTOW AN EMPOVERISHED AND COMATOSED NATION.

 ON THE WHOLE ,I WALKED THE ROAD TO MY OFFICE THINKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1978 TO 2010 IN NIGERIA.THE TRUTH IS THAT WE WERE BETTER  IN 1978,” WHEN WE HAD SO MUCH MONEY BUT DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT”,THAN WE ARE TODAY.

WE HAD DIGNITY.WE COULD GO ON A PICNIC TO THE BAR BEACH,TO IKORODU TOWN IN LAGOS, OR WE CAN TAKE A WEEKEND OUT TO SHERI HILLS IN JOS.YOU COULD AS WELL TRAVEL TO MAIDUGURI TO CATCH A GOOD SUYA IN THE CUSTOM AREA.THE ROADS WERE RELATIVELY SMALL BUT PLIABLE.YOU COULD TRAVEL OUT OF NIGERIA TO STUDY AND YOUR FAMILY IN NIGERIA WILL SEND YOU MONEY FOR YOUR UPKEEP.IT SEEMS A LONG TIME A AGO WHEN IT WAS THOSE IN NIGERIA THAT SENT MONEY AND FOOD TO THOSE THAT LIVE OUTSIDE.I REMEMBER HELPING PACKAGING FOOD AND MONEY WITH MY MUM FOR MY COUSINS THAT WERE STUDYING IN THE UK AND THE USA.

THE NIGERIA I KNEW ,WAS OF FREE EDUCATION IN WESTERN NIGERIA.THE NIGERIA WHERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL (UCH,IBADAN) HAD THE MOST STANDARD MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS AND MAN POWER.. HAD A BIG STAND BY GENERATOR THAT WAS ALMOST NEVER USED.THE NIGERIA WHERE TEACHERS RECIEVED THIER SALARIES ,SMALL BUT AT THE END OF EVERY MONTH.THAT NIGERIA WHERE IN TORO IN BAUCHI STATE ONE COULD LEAVE THE DOOR OF HIS HOUSE OPEN, AND NOBODY WILL COME TO STEAL FROM IT.WHERE A NORTHERNER AND SOUTHERNER CAN LIVE AND DO BUSSINESS ON THE SAME STREET IN GBOKO,AND REMAIN VERY GOOD FRIENDS.

THAT WAS THE NIGERIA I KNEW.THE NIGERIA THIS BRITISH MAN LIVED AND WHICH HE CONSIDERED A PINTORESQUE.THAT NIGERIA THAT THE DAUGHTER REMEMBERS THE FATHER TALKING ABOUT.THE MAN MIGHT HAVE A HEART ATTACK IF HE CHANCED INTO NIGERIA TODAY.

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