NIGERIA: NO COUNTRY FOR BRAVE MEN; A TALE OF TWO NUHUS
There are times when I find it difficult to keep up with blogging positively about Nigeria, please indulge me this one time. Last September Mr Nuhu Ribadu while speaking in New York said he was . Recently I watched Mr. Nuhu Aliyu, make allegations against his colleagues in the Nigerian Senate, promising to name names. I watched with a friend, (thanks to ) and we declared that Mr. Aliyu was one of a kind, the acting-outside-the-box type. His getup was unprecedented and an utter display of bravery.
Yesterday, when Senator Nuhu Aliyu had his opportunity to name the names, , ranging from outright selfish ones, to "really I will say anything to get out of the hot seat right now". Some have wondered aloud where the pressures may be coming from. , .
I am not fit to make accurate conjectures of my own, I know too little to make deductions from the information reported by the newspapers, though my suspicion is that Nuhu knows something I do not know. One thing is certain though, Nigeria is no country for brave men.
Brave men that can stand by their utterances, be it right or wrong. Not men that are quick to explain away prior utterances, the moment they get a phone call from the 'powers'.
For Nuhu Ribadu's EFCC, the one good 'thing' that was working for us. I respect the good work this man has done. He put the fear of God into all that had any remote connection to the Nigerian government. . Like in the case of senator Aliyu I may not be able to make specific statements about the delicate dance of being brave in Nigeria. If I were in their shoes, I may even cave in just like they have done, as the pressures become unbearable. However one thing remain true. In the case of these two Nuhus, Nigeria has proven to be a country that is not welcoming to out of the box brave acts.
