"On August 27, 1985 Brigadier J.N. Dogonyaro announced the coup that dethroned the Buhari/ Idiagbon government & brought Babangida to power. Below is an excerpt from his speech:

1. "The Nigerian public has been made to believe that the slow pace of action of the Federal Government headed by Major-General Muhammadu Buhari was due to the enormity of the problems left by the last civilian administration.

2. Although it is true that a lot of problems were left behind by the last civilian government, the real reason, however, for the very slow pace of action is due to lack of unanimity of purpose among the ruling body; subsequently, the business of governance has gradually been subjected to ill-motivated power-play considerations.

3. The ruling body (the Supreme Military Council) has, therefore, progressively been made redundant by the actions of a selected few members charged with the day-to-day implementation of the Supreme Military Council's (SMC) policies and decision.

4. The concept of collective leadership has been substituted by stubborn & ill-advised unilateral actions, thereby destroying the principles upon which the government came to power.

5. Any effort made to advise the leadership, met with stubborn resistance and was viewed as a challenge to authority or disloyalty.

6. Thus, the scene was being set for systematic elimination of what was termed "opposition". All the energies of the rulership were directed at this imaginary opposition rather than to effective leadership.

7. The result of this misdirected effort is now very evident in the country as a whole. The government has started to drift. The economy does not seem to be getting any better."

Brigadier General Dogonyaro(31 years ago)

Lalasticlala any similarity to this present situation of things in the country?

An old man told me some time last month that we haven't seen any thing yet. He claimed the Buhari of today is still the same as of old. He hasn't changed. And his policies are still the same.

. "The Nigerian public has been made to believe that the slow pace of action of the Federal Government headed by Major-General Muhammadu Buhari was due to the enormity of the problems left by the last civilian administration.

Still blaming others for his ineptitude just as he blamed Shagari regime for his foolishness

Although it is true that a lot of problems were left behind by the last civilian government, the real reason, however, for the very slow pace of action is due to lack of unanimity of purpose among the ruling body; subsequently, the business of governance has gradually been subjected to ill-motivated power-play considerations.

His first 6mths doing nothing and his one year and counting directionless leadership is testament to this statement.

The ruling body (the Supreme Military Council) has, therefore, progressively been made redundant by the actions of a selected few members charged with the day-to-day implementation of the Supreme Military Council's (SMC) policies and decision.

Ministers are noise makers but my anointed inner cabal can do better.

Thus, the scene was being set for systematic elimination of what was termed "opposition". All the energies of the rulership were directed at this imaginary opposition rather than to effective leadership.

This is what is currently happening in our polity today

We are back into time to a gory past! Kai baba buhari!

In geology, we use the past to understand the present and the present to stimulate more complicated future. It's no rocket science. Same outcomes are been experienced today but now severe owing the pack of persons he's successfully surrounded himself with practicing the highest form of dark magic like Zafar.

Déjà vu