It is no more news that people have shown
diverse reactions towards Buhari’s plan to
probe only the immediate past
administration of Goodluck Jonathan. The
question is, is this right and fair? Whether
yes or no,on what grounds?
If Buhari promised the probe of past
administrations during his election
campaign,let’s be reminded at this juncture
that such a promise constitute a social
contract which is not legally and
constitutionally binding because there was
no intention to enter into a legally binding
relation.
It is a crystal clear fact that almost all,if not
all the past administrations embezzled and
misappropriated our funds. That is,all or
most past administrations are guilty, and
are sinners. And the wronged or offended
libertarian person has the legal and moral
right to choose who to punish! Since
Buhari’s action is outside legal jurisdiction
according to our constitution, then,he has
the right to either do or undo! A Prestigious
Yoruba adage says “Ti eniyan ba so pe
eegun ile baba oun yoo jo ti ko ba jo mo ko
si baba eni to le muni sii”,meaning, a person
is not bound by a legally unbinding or
unenforceable promise.
If Buhari is not legally and constitutionally
erroneous in his plan, then, on what ground
again?
Another angle from which the issue can be
viewed is the moral corner. According to the
Utilitarian Morality Theory, “An action is
morally right if it promotes a greater sense
of good over evil while a morally wrong
action is the one which promotes a greater
sense of evil over good”
Moreover, another Morality Theory called
Egoism says “An action is morally right if it
promotes or satisfies the interest of the
performer or doer of the action”
Considering the above theories, probing only
the past immediate administration will do
more good than harm for both Buhari and
Nigerians on one hand, and it will satisfy the
interest of Buhari – the action doer on the
other hand,thus,the conditions of the two
theories are satisfied.
Also,if Buhari were to satisfy the interest of
those who argue that his probing only the
Jonathan’s administration is unfair, then,
his chain of probe will be endless and
unrealistic, and will be like chasing the
ghost or shadow, which is a futile
endeavour before its birth.Therefore, Buhari
has not erred.
Furthermore, going by the principle of
proximity,the Jonathan’s administration is
the closest to Buhari. And Yorubas do say
“Eni ti a ba sun ti ni a maa n jarunpa lu”
And a beautiful English idiom says ” A bird
in the hand is worth two in the bush”.
Buhari has the right to choose.Let us not
deny him his right by our propaganda
mission. “An objective and rational criticism
is a checkmating tool in governance,but a
false and propaganda criticism is a
destroyer and killer of governance”
God bless Nigeria God bless Nigerians.
Emitomo Abiodun(Necessity)
https://2gedatalk./2015/08/20/perspectives-on-buharis-selective-probe/

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Waiting patiently for the list of oil thieves name him adam,amaechi and mallam okorocha collected from obama!! What happen to the first probe "harllibuton scandal" untill all these and many more will be attended to will I believe the integrity of mr change! Mr "I will"