Re: New constitution: I have Jonathan’s mandate —Kutigi

If indeed he made this statement as reported in the media, it is not only shocking but disastrous. For a man at this age, stature and reputation to allow himself to be like a “robot” will surely go down into the Guinness Book of Records as one of the great wonders of our time.Whatever is […]

If indeed he made this statement as reported in the media, it is not only shocking but disastrous. For a man at this age, stature and reputation to allow himself to be like a “robot” will surely go down into the Guinness Book of Records as one of the great wonders of our time.
Whatever is the motivation for this sudden turn of events, and their eventual outcome would surely define the twilight career of this former Chief Justice of Nigeria. Sooner or later when his mission is either accomplished or not, posterity may give him ample opportunity to reflect on his utterance, and probably by then it would be really, really too late.   
Now that Kutigi has apparently been used to achieve certain ends, the probability of him being dumped is now very strong. It has happened to so many like him before only that the lessons are not often learnt. What he said reminds one of the popular Hausa musician Mamman Shata, when he sang “ Ga wani yayi ilimi babu hankali; in ya tashi tiyata asiti sai ya fede mutum bai hada shi ba”. Meaning there is a man (doctor) who has knowledge, but when he opens up a patient for an operation, he cannot close him up again. What a tragedy!   

Ahmed Balarabe Hamzah <[email protected]>;