Some months ago in the build up to the APC primary elections certain group of very powerful Nigerians and party members teemed up with their co conspirators from within and outside the party with the aim of subverting the will of the people by any means possible.
A powerful barrier was placed between President Buhari and the people, anyone who was seen or assumed not to be part of the scheme was prevented from seeing the President. Likewise the President was blocked from hearing, reading and or watching any news not in tandem with the plan.
The plan was to deny Asiwaju the ticket of the APC at all cost and ensure anyone but not Asiwaju got the nomination. But one powerful and very stubborn log stood in the wheels of the planners. That's the fact that Asiwaju cannot be defeated in a free and fair elections.
The truth is even in an unfair elections chances are Asiwaju will hardly be defeated. So the only option then was to do away with the election process at all cost and use every means necessary to convince the President to endorse an anointed candidate.
Asiwaju as a master tactician saw the plans and read between the lines so rather than struggling and fighting against the powers that be which might at the end of the day affect his relationship with those same people even if he eventually got the nomination opted for a more subtle but effective approach.
The lion roars "Emilokan " during one of his engagements with delegates. He also use the power of the microphone to send a very strong message that the President cannot miss. Even though there was many complains and tempers rose the message succeeded to a large extent.
The message hit the reset buttons on many people and even the President himself became aware of what was going on and the rest was history.
Similarly some days ago when the now candidate of the APC and the Asiwaju of Nigeria suspected some foul play due to the timing of the fuel scarcity, New Naira notes scarcity and power outage he made another subtle but effective approach in Abeokuta.
He said "you can hide the fuel, hide the Naira but we will vote and we will win." Less than 24 hrs of making this statement the otherwise locked and keyed filing stations began opening up, fuel queues begin to disappear and all of a sudden Nigerians begin to enjoy more hours of power supply. As if that was not enough the CBN has just announced a ten day extension for the collection of the old notes.
Asiwaju is truly a force to reckon with, if he has this power without been a President what else should we expect when he becomes the President?
Interesting times are truly ahead. We can only but wish Asiwaju and Nigerians the best.
Mohammed Bello Doka writes from Abuja Nigeria and can be reached @ [email protected]
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