The presidency has taunted those
it described as bitter Nigerians who fight themselves over President Muhammadu
Buhari and his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan.
Femi Adesina, in an article
titled ‘GEJ meets PMB: A lesson for bitter-enders’, said some citizens are
knocking their heads against the wall, sitting on the complaint counter and
wailing endlessly.
“But here are the two main men,
treating each other like brothers. May the wailers stop wailing. May the
Bitter-Enders be purged of bitterness”, he prayed.
Adesina recalled that in the
build-up to the 2015 general elections, Nigerians were divided right down the
middle over Buhari and Jonathan.
He observed that till date, most
of the Jonathanians, not able to live with the reality of defeat, turned
themselves to people finding fault with the government of the day at the
slightest drop of a hat.
“They became wailing wailers, and
whenever they began to ululate, you would think raw pepper had been inserted
into their tender and sensitive parts. Or that their lollipops had been taken
away. They throw tantrums. But I have news for the Bitter-Enders.”
Adesina said on Tuesday that
Jonathan was at State House, along with President of ECOWAS Commission,
Jean-Claude Kassi Brou.
Jonathan is ECOWAS Special Envoy
to Mali on the crisis rocking the West African nation since disputed
parliamentary elections.
“I was privileged to sit in at
the meeting between our former President and the incumbent. And I took away
some lessons, which should really be for everyone. President Buhari and his
guest came into the diplomatic room of the Presidential Villa together. Our
President ushered Dr Jonathan to the visitor’s seat.
“A while back, Jonathan was the
host in that very same room, ushering visitors to their seat. Now, he is in that
same seat. If President Buhari visits the seat of power after May, 2023, he too
would be ushered by somebody else. Such is life. Are you holding tight to
anything today? Vanity of vanity.
“We are all birds of passage.
Nothing lasts forever. Not power. Not position. Not any office. Not even life.
A vital lesson I’ve learnt from President Buhari is his constant realization
that he would not be in State House forever. He would often tell in private
conversations: “While we are here, we shall do our very best.”
“Gen. Yakubu Gowon was in Dodan
Barracks for nine years. He left. Olusegun Obasanjo was there, left the first
time, came back again, left willy-nilly after eight years. Generals Ibrahim
Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Chief Ernest Shonekan, and all former living
leaders use the visitor’s seat, if they come a-visiting today. The only thing
permanent in life is change.
“How was the atmosphere between
President Buhari and Dr Jonathan? Calm, friendly, characterized by absolutely
no tension. No animosity. While uncountable Jonathanians and Buharists were
spitting in one another’s eyes round the country, abusing one another’s father
and mother at the same time, here were the two men, the perfect picture of
geniality. I say again, no tension, absolutely none. They were both perfect
pictures of civility.
“Dr Jonathan gave a rundown of
the situation in Mali. When he concluded, and made his recommendations,
President Buhari was full of praises for him, saying he had elucidated clearly
the Malian conundrum. “Thank you for updating me so effectively. I have a very
good brief of events now”, President Buhari said. He promised to wade into the
Malian situation, along with some other key Ecowas leaders.
“With the briefing concluded, Dr
Jonathan went into other issues. He thanked the President for giving him an
official jet to make his travels convenient, and equally expressed appreciation
for the Itakpe-Warri railway complex named after him last weekend. “It’s a big
present for me. Thank you so much,” he said.”
Adesina revealed that when it was
time to go, the former President made a move for the visitor’s exit door.
“But President Buhari would have
none of it. He led him through the exit exclusively meant for a sitting
President. Very impressive”, he noted.
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