Comments on: THE PRESIDENT NIGERIA NEVER HAD http://www.mykrossroads.com/2008/07/07/the-president-nigeria-never-had Often the hardest thing is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn - David Russel Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:38:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: narcissus http://www.mykrossroads.com/2008/07/07/the-president-nigeria-never-had/comment-page-1#comment-187 narcissus Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:35:42 +0000 http://www.mykrossroads.com/2008/07/07/the-president-nigeria-never-had/#comment-187 As a recent student of Nigerian political history, I am fascinated by the eulogisation of Moshood Abiola. They say he was a philanthropist (and then I wonder how he managed to amass such immense wealth in the midst of poverty); they say he was a Democrat (and then I wonder why he was so close to the military); they say he could have done wonders for Nigeria (and then I wonder why someone who had so clearly participated in feeding fat on the trough of corruption could be assumed to deny himself that little bit more when given the opportunity). Kindly help me to make sense of yet another Nigerian contradictory character. I remember being told that Obasanjo was the answer - being the first military man to hand over voluntarily to civilians - a modern day Cincinnatus, no less! As a recent student of Nigerian political history, I am fascinated by the eulogisation of Moshood Abiola. They say he was a philanthropist (and then I wonder how he managed to amass such immense wealth in the midst of poverty); they say he was a Democrat (and then I wonder why he was so close to the military); they say he could have done wonders for Nigeria (and then I wonder why someone who had so clearly participated in feeding fat on the trough of corruption could be assumed to deny himself that little bit more when given the opportunity).

Kindly help me to make sense of yet another Nigerian contradictory character. I remember being told that Obasanjo was the answer – being the first military man to hand over voluntarily to civilians – a modern day Cincinnatus, no less!

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