Trying to impose a successor on the electorate is frequently the last refuge of the elected official – President or Governor – who has several skeletons in his cupboard which might be exposed after he departs office. Some succeed; others fail. Even those which appeared like successful coups against the right of the people to choose their leaders all the time sometimes end in hostilities between the two office holders – whether in the public or private sectors.
He lacked the stamina for a job which breaks the health of strong men. Instead of allowing others more vigorous – Odili, Attah, Onu, Ezeife – to run for the office, Obasanjo used the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, under Nuhu Ribadu, to harass all the other contestants out of the race – sometimes based on unverified allegations. Yar’Adua collapsed during one campaign rally, at a time the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was already becoming a one-man show.
The rapid growth propelled Nigeria to the largest economy in Africa. Buhari, with strong endorsement from Obasanjo, took over, and, by 2018, the country became the poverty capital of the world. Two recessions, one in each term, yielded average annual growth of the economy of less than one and a half percent for eight miserable years under Buhari. Consequently, this country, by the end of this year, will no longer be the largest African economy.
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