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By Busy Brain
Nigeria we hail thee, our own dear native land, though tribe and tongue may differ, in brotherhood we stand. The first three lines of the reintroduced national anthem will be sonorous to the ears of the new political warlords who amalgamated to form a coalition party.
Anytime the new partners stand to take the national anthem, in no doubt, the most pleasing part will be the first three lines. Of course, the tribe and tongue of the members of the coalition differ, and they decided to come together in brotherhood to rescue Nigeria.
In football parlance, there is a slang that is being used to describe players who are no longer in their best form; these players are called ‘Bench Warmers.’ These set of players at the bench have no chance of playing any match as the coach sees no impact in them to enhance the performance of the team. This is a paradigm of coalition; it is like a conglomeration of bench warmers carved from the ruling and opposition parties.
The ADC squad comprises prominent figures in the political arena such as former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, former Governor of Kaduna and Minister of FCT, Mallam Nasir El-rufai, former Presidential Candidate and Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, former Governor of Osun State and Minster of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, former Governor of Rivers State and Minster of Transport, Rotimi Ameachi, and former Senate President, David Mark, among many others.
Unarguably, a single opposition cannot dislodge President Tinubu out of the villa. The ruling party is a formidable force that cannot be trashed by a light tsunami; it requires a coalition with heavy waves to defeat Jagaban. Emphasis on heavy waves with strong structure.
In 2015, Nigerians were tired of the then ruling party due to the persistent security cum economic challenges. The coalition led by President Tinubu utilised the opportunity of the ‘catastrophal incendiarism’ bedeviling the nation to form a coalition. The coalition we had then was a convergence of political grandeurs with unity of purpose to take over the power democratically. The sailor of the coalition, who is now the President, was not engrossed with power; he served as the sailor and packed others on board to remove Goodluck Jonathan. President Tinubu, instead of fighting to be the President as the coalition chieftain supported Buhari with his human and material resources and relaxed patiently for eight years to take over.
Obviously, the persistent crisis Nigerians experienced during Jonathan era is still pervasive, but today’s coalition seems like a marriage of self-interest, except for the former Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-rufai who appear to be on personal vendetta, other prominent figures in the coalition want to be president at the same time, even without party structure. Where is the way out?
Prominently, Peter Obi, Abubakar Atiku, Rotomi Ameachi are warming up to be President and already preaching south and north zoning for the seat of the President, unlike Tinubu who accepted the party leadership and watched from Lagos for eight years, who among the current coalition warriors can step down? Any coalition based on self-interest will lead to collision. No doubt!
Without mincing words, the country is already tensed with episodes of carnage, maiming and gory scenes. With the crop of new coalition, it is obvious there is no better option in sight against the current landlord of the villa. While 2027 is more or less like a predicted victory for the ruling party, some easement, we require, unarguably, though we argue against desire. Apology to Dennis Brutus.
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