GENERAL IBRAHIM ATTAHIRU – CALM DOWN

If you missed the video clip of the recent engagement between the Chief of Army staff and some legislators( not sure anymore if na Reps or na Senators) that five minutes threw up so many issues that I can write a whole book on the encounter showing exactly where our problem dey for this country. First, general wear oversized uniform come the thing while the legislators some of them dress like say them just dey come from beer parlour. But that is not the problem.

The general was so irritable that he was struggling most of the time to stop himself from just shouting – ‘come on gerrout’ to the legislators who in themselves were just behaving like toddlers who were excited about something. Both sides were just very funny not really understanding the roles and expectations of each in a relationship like this. There was no mutual respect but disdain and irritation. The general was so contemptuous of the legislators, and you could see if there were a rollback to the Abacha years, what would have become of these ‘irritants’. Na Amnesty International documentary, we go dey hear them story.

On the part of the legislators, the excitement that they had a caged lion within their space was so apparent. One with the open-necked shirt was shouting with spit all over the place – you can’t teach us our job. If you ask that one what his job is, you will see him waddle.

All these pretensions should even just stop. What are we even achieving? The so-called oversight, we know where he dey end, and that is why the general showed very clearly that this was a major waste of time when as he said, there is insecurity everywhere in the country. I think a major capacity building session be carried out for all of these people to make them better.