The problem with Buhari is that he is living in illusion. He equates himself with the society. It is one of the trapdoors of charisma. A charismatic personality, or one that generates such excitement, he sees himself as the purpose of all things.
Buhari has ruined his party and the consequence will become clear before long.
That is why there is a deathwatch within the APC for his presidency. It is no cheering news if he wants to quit in 2019. The damage is done. The party is damned if he runs, and also damned if he does not.
There are two types of watchers in the party. We have sycophants who want to be annointed by him, in case he decides to retire to his quiescent Daura home. Prominent here is the diminutive governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El Rufai. He calls himself and others like him Buharists. They see the president’s world view as Buharism. I am waiting for someone to define it. Buharism means nothing other than personality cult.
If, as some say, he embodies a fight against corruption alone. It would have made sense if he had a method other than insist on Magu and watch while his closest aides battle to the death under his indifferent eye.
If it is handling the economy, he has no vision. On compassion, he has failed as the herdsman saga demonstrate.
But If it means he has a cult of lower class faithful who think he can walk on water, then he is entitled to his fanatics.
Let us not forget that he could not walk on water when he trekked some showy distance in Daura to his home and enjoyed mouthfuls of ram during sallah break. He did not only cancel another FEC meeting, he did not “walk on water” in Benue where huge swaths of land drowned under a heavenly squall, snuffing lives and destroying livelihoods. Another septuagerian like him, Donald Trump of the United States, visited Houston twice. His vice presidents also did hard labour.
So, the non-Buharists, like Atiku, already want to serve notice that they will run in 2019 elections. If Buhari runs, will men like Atiku pull out of the party and reduce APC to the shell that Buhari made of the ANPP and CPC? This is no good news for the nation when APC carpet baggers will return “home” to stir an already broiling pot.
— Sam Omatseye
