When the idea of an Obi/Kwankwaso merger was muted, I prayed for it to succeed because I knew that it would have been a ticket that would be too difficult to rig out, but it failed.
What we didn’t know was that God allowed the Obi/Kwankwaso merger to fail because he had better plans for Obi and what he hopes to achieve for Nigeria.
True, an Obi/Kwankwaso ticket would have taken the oath of office yesterday but Peter Obi would have had to watch his back throughout their administration. Kwankwaso wouldn’t have been loyal. He sees Peter Obi as a junior and thinks of himself too highly coupled with some of his anachronistic views and ethnic biases.
But an ObiDatti ticket was match made in heaven. Two refined gentlemen that are almost untainted.
I’ve always imagined what Nigeria would be like after 8 years of Obi and another 8 years of Yusuf Datti. That’s some 16 years of quality leadership by people who are not interested in plundering the resources of the country but blocking of leakages, streamlining government agencies and increment of revenue rather than placing emphasis on sharing.
A lot of times opposition have wished he has given up on the Obi mandate but he has always reappeared stronger with more fire for the course than even Peter Obi.
Yesterday he was in Abia for Alex Otti’s inauguration. Today’s he is in court to witness the case in court. He actually arrived before Obi but Obi joined later after the case had began.
Nigeria shall be great again!