Just Before We Wish Buhari Death By Festus Ogun (EYES OF LAGOS)

 

The rate at which our people are moving from mountains to campgrounds
in prayer; wishing their President urgent death is very shocking and disappointing.
Truly, President Buhari is very sick and he’s receiving treatments abroad. But,
the question that has been troubling my mind is that, when one’s relative is not
feeling too well, do we pray he dies, irrespective of any reason whatsoever?
At this critical stage, I believe many Nigerians are praying
for his death, not because they wish to but for the fact that they are just fed
up of the Buhari led ‘regime’. Many have turned to prayer-warriors because of
the frustration caused by governmental recklessness. But, even while we are
frustrated and get emotional, should our logical and critical thoughts get beclouded?
Falling ill is human. Human beings are mortal being capable of
being sick. There hasn’t been any man  that has never been on sickbed in his lifetime. Due to
whatever reason or cause, we have once in our lives fallen sick at a time or
the other. So, the uproar that comes forth because of Buhari’s health status shouldn’t
have been a very big an issue. Just because he’s a president, he shouldn’t fall
sick again? Is he not human?
I understand the fact that Former President Yaradua’s story is
still very fresh in our collective memory, maybe that’s the cause of our fear.
But, this is Buhari and not Yaradua. What happened to Yaradua may not
necessarily be the same to Buhari.
I understand quite perfectly that many of us want Buhari to
leave this terrible world because we think ‘he’s the cause of our suffering’.  Many perceive Buhari to be an enemy that
 brought hardship to Nigeria, so they
believe that once he dies, things will probably be in order. However, the
questions we must ask ourselves are:
Will his death solve the problems on ground?
Who says when he dies, things will go fine?
Is death the solution to any man’s problem?
And infact, who says Buhari is the cause of our problems?
Look, our death wishes for him points out the fact that we
have lost our values as a people and our cultural practices are fast fading. As
a people, our eyes of critical thinking and ethics have been blinded by our
emotions and ‘politically biased’ minds. We no more have shame. We are too
proud and bold to utter uncultured statements. Additionally, we still wear our
uncultured garment of attitude all around in pride. This is worrisome!
Our death wishes for Buhari showcases the level at which we
are inhumane to our fellow humans – man inhumanity to man. Little wonder why news
of committed atrocities cannot go a day without been broadcast in news. The humanity
spirit we once had is already awaiting us in hell – it has died for long. If not,
why should you pray that a fellow man should die? Is that not too inhumane and
brutal of you?
Notwithstanding all these, I must also mention here that the
government and its leaders are also responsible, in part, for this kind of
gutter attitude displayed by the citizens. If the government was to be caring about
citizens’ welfare, will the citizens curse him so much as this? Obviously, no
man will bite the finger that feeds him. On the other hand, every man will not hesitate
to cut away – and even chew –  the
finger that steals the food meant for him.
This government of ours doesn’t give a damn about the
citizens. They care less about whether the citizens are dead or alive. The
government is very much useless like the ‘P’ in ‘psychology’. Maybe that’s why the
citizens also give ‘I-dont-care’ and hostile attitudes toward the death of their
leaders.
Just before I give my conclusion, let me quickly remind and
encourage the President  that our
law gives room for resignation where one is or appears to be medically unfit.
It is no do or die affair. I need to state this because the task of leading a
country needs physically and medically fit minds. So, if it appears to him that
his health status will not give him the opportunity to continue with his duty,
it is better for him to step down than die in power. Sadly, he might not heed
to this advice for man loves power.
In all, I am of the humble view that wishing or praying that
Buhari should die isn’t the best option. It is inhumane of us. For his death won’t
bring the expected salvation. The government must equally be more active in their
leadership roles at this juncture.
I pray for his quick recovery.

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