
“Buhari
has been running for President since 2003 and … For one, a lot of
intellectual energy is usually expended analysis him and the many
baggage he represent. In the process, core issues that should be tackled
at election time get suspended” – Abimbola Adelakun, (Back Page) The
Punch, Thursday 23rd October 2014.
The heavy contradiction and self-indictment inherent in the above lines
summarises the essence and meaning of her essay. How can intellectual
energy be channelled to analyse a non-core issue? Such energy cannot be
said to be of any intellectual value; it is at best an emotional one. If
Abimbola can admit that herself and the people she represent has
channelled all their energy in analysing Buhari – of course, we know it
to be the manufacturing of and creation imaginary fears to scare the
poorly informed masses away from him; refusing to focus on that which is
important; she should go ahead to tell us more of the interest they
protect by so doing.