Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser
to President Muhammadu Buhari has described members of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, as descendants of ‘Shemei’ whose dream of ruling the country for 60
years was truncated.
In an article entitled PMB and
the Descendants of Shimei, Adesina likened story of the former ruling party to
biblical story of Absalom, the son of King David, who had led an insurrection
against his father. And the king of Israel fled, with some of his supporters in
tow.
As David got to a place called
Bahurim, the Holy Bible records that Shimei, the son of Gera, a man of the
family of Saul, came out, and started cursing the fleeing king. You don’t kick
a man that is down, goes a saying, but Shimei not only cursed David, he also
threw dust and stones at him. It was a show of shame.
Adesina wrote, “The All
Progressives Congress (APC), inspired by Muhammadu Buhari, halted the 60-year
pipe dream of PDP at the polls in 2015. Has the latter forgotten? No, they
won’t forget till forever.
“But so much is the animus, the
antipathy towards the President that they wish him dead. While millions of
Nigerians are praying, some elements are rejoicing, and imagining evil. But
they forget: man is not God, and Jehovah always has the final say. The
descendants of Shimei need to learn vital lessons from their forebear.
“President Buhari has tolerated
people who have called him all sorts of names in the past two years. If he
didn’t move against them directly, he could have allowed many Abishais to move
against them, ‘and take off their heads.’
“But not our President, a
reformed democrat, a pious man, who has resolved to leave the people suffused
by hatred unto God. And will they get their just desserts one day? As night
follows the day, they will. If not from man, they will get it from God. Their forefather,
Shimei did. He reaped what he sowed.”
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