Et tu, A’isha Buhari

The buzz in Minna this last couple of days is the eye-catching spectacle concerning the visit of Mrs. Aisha Buhari, the president’s wife, to town. Three airplanes and a convoy of over a hundred vehicles on the first lady’s entourage mesmerized the inhabitants of semi-rustic Minna in no small measure. The airplane and vehicular traffic […]

The buzz in Minna this last couple of days is the eye-catching spectacle concerning the visit of Mrs. Aisha Buhari, the president’s wife, to town.
Three airplanes and a convoy of over a hundred vehicles on the first lady’s entourage mesmerized the inhabitants of semi-rustic Minna in no small measure.
The airplane and vehicular traffic count beats what was ever on display by the former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan. Throw-in in the mix security guards comprising security agencies, NDLEA, immigration service, road safety corps, VIO corps, yan baga (vigilante corps), hisbah guards, first aid corps of JNI, etc., then Aisha made a really grand entry to Minna. But all these for what in these days of economic recession? Just to commission an apartment not much bigger than a three-bedroom flat; this old building, hurriedly re-painted, is now some high sounding “cancer screening centre.” Cancer screening in the midst of common and everyday ailments like malaria, typhoid fever, and dysentery? PDP is “corrupt?”  Let it be known to Aisha Buhari that the wasteful cost of this trip is “probe-able” by a future EFCC not under the behest of her husband and the man who calls himself Asiwaju. Today, Patience Jonathan is suffering and everyone smirks at her; what goes round comes around!!!
 Sunday Adole Jonah, Minna  [email protected]