L. J. Muhammad

Billionaire’ Femi Otedola in a telephone interview, was asked by the radio presenter, "Sir what can you remember made you a happy man in life?"

Femi said: “I have gone through four stages of happiness in life and finally I understood the meaning of true happiness.

The first stage was to accumulate wealth and means. But at this stage I did not get the happiness I wanted.

Then came the second stage of collecting valuables and items. But I realized that the effect of this thing is also temporary and the lustre of valuable things does not last long.

Then came the third stage of getting big projects. That was when I was holding 95% of diesel supply in Nigeria and Africa. I was also the largest vessel owner in Africa and Asia. But even here I did not get the happiness I had imagined.

The fourth stage was the time a friend of mine asked me to buy wheelchair for some disabled children. Just about 200 kids.

At the friend's request, I immediately bought the wheelchairs. But the friend insisted that I go with him and hand over the wheelchairs to the children. I got ready and went with him.

There I gave these wheel chairs to these children with my own hands. I saw the strange glow of happiness on the faces of these children. I saw them all sitting on the wheelchairs, moving around and having fun.

It was as if they had arrived at a picnic spot where they are sharing a jackpot wining.

I felt real joy inside me. When I decided to leave one of the kids grabbed my legs. I tried to free my legs gently but the child stared at my face and held my legs tightly.

I bent down and asked the child: Do you need something else? The answer this child gave me not only made me happy but also changed my attitude to life completely.

This child said: “I want to remember your face so that when I meet you in heaven, I will be able to recognize you and thank you once again.

Credit: DrHero

U.S. strike should be assumed as a warning shot, not a victory. Any unilateral foreign military action on Nigerian soil violates Nigerian sovereignty - and that alone should worry every patriotic nigerian citizen.

When a Good Gesture Becomes a Mockery.

President Tinubu gave ₦153 million and a house to each member of the Super Falcons for winning the Women’s African Cup of Nations.

A beautiful gesture, no doubt.
But…

Imagine the thoughts of a public school teacher who wakes up every day to shape the minds of children….on a ₦50,000 salary.

Imagine the frustration of a medical doctor, who sacrifices sleep, time, and life itself to save others, yet earns ₦250,000, and still has to protest just to be paid.

Imagine the pain of a police officer, earning less than ₦100,000, standing guard under the rain, in danger, while the rest of us sleep in peace.

Just imagine it.

Imagine the tears of a civil servant, begging for a ₦70,000 minimum wage for years, watching others receive in a day what he won’t earn in a lifetime.

Do you now see why the most vital jobs like teaching, security, healthcare, are now handled by men and women filled with anger, disillusionment, and a deep sense of betrayal?

How do you expect patriotism from someone who can’t feed their family? Someone whose salary is barely enough to cover transportation costs?

How do you expect commitment from someone whose value has been reduced to crumbs in a country they serve with their blood?

Yes, it’s beautiful to reward excellence.
But it is dangerous to ignore sacrifice.

I pray this same kindness, this same generosity, finds its way to the silent heroes who hold this nation together every single day.

They don’t ask for millions. They just want to live with dignity and earn a decent salary.

“I also patiently listened to him and when he finished, I said to him:

“Nyako, when you ran for the governorship in 2007, you were not in the PDP; you were originally in the APP or ANPP, together with Buhari in 2003. On the other hand, I have been in the PDP since 1998. I recall that Obasanjo requested Professor Jibril Aminu to bring you over to PDP. At that time, Obasanjo was fighting Atiku and needed somebody who could effectively contain him. It was Obasanjo and Prof Aminu that made you the governor you are today; and you are now coming to ask me to abandon the party you found me in. Are you being fair to me?
I have been in politics since 1979, when you were still a serving officer in the Nigerian Navy. In fact, you were the Chief of Naval Staff. You came out from the sea as a sailor onto the land staggering, because of the effect of the tides. You met me walking perfectly on my two feet, stable and balanced, while you were trying to learn to step along. Now that you can walk, you want me to follow you. Are you civilian enough? A sailor coming out of the sea should not lead somebody whom he met already walking on the land. If we were going into water or enter a submarine, of course, you should lead me, because that is your domain.”

Sule Lamido

SLUK STAFF EMERGED THE FIRST AFRICAN TO WIN THE KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR TRANSLATION

A staff of the Department of Arabic, Faculty of Humanities of Sule Lamido University Kafin Hausa (SLUK), Dr. Zaidu Jibril Muhammad, has emerged the winner of the 2025 King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Award for Translation, thereby becoming the first African to seal one of the world's most prestigious translation prizes for producing the Hausa version of the Arabic literary classic, Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī named Dandalin Hikimomi.
The award was announced by the Prize’s Board of Trustees, which recognises excellence in translating Arabic works into other languages and vice versa citing the scholarly depth and cultural significance of Dr. Zaid’s translation and describing it as a major contribution to both African scholarship and cross-cultural understanding.
Born on 15th May 1985, in Shungurum village, Birnin Kudu Local Government Area, Jigawa State, young Zaidu attended Kwalli Special Primary School in Kano Munincipal, Abdullahi Mai Masallaci Institute for Quranic and Islamic Studies, Kano, Aminu Kano College for Arabic and Legal Studies, Bayero University, Kano (BUK), International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan, and University of Gazira, Sudan, all between 1992 and 2019. His highest certificates include a Diploma in Arabic and Qur’anic Studies, Bachelor of Arts in Arabic, Masters of Arts in Arabic Applied Linguistics and Ph.D in Arabic Language.
An author of four books which include Dandalin Hikimomi which is the translation of Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī into Hausa, Dandalin Dabaru- a translation of Maqāmāt Badī‘ al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī into Hausa, Bakandamai Bakwai- a translation of Al-Mu‘allaqāt al-Sab‘a (the Seven Hanging Odes) into Hausa and A Comprehensive Study Skills for Students of University and Tertiary Institutions- a translation of Taujihat Almufidah Ila Maharatid Dirasat Fil Mu’ahad Wal Jami’at, Dr. Zaidu also authored fifteen articles published in National and International Journals to his credit.
Currently a Lecturer 1 in Department of Arabic, Faculty of Humanities of the SLUK, Dr. Zaidu is a member of International Union of Arabic language, whose achievement is described as a historic milestone not only for Nigeria but for the African continent. His hobbies are reading, writing and research.

“After rebuffing their offer during their first visit, they devised a strategy to get me through my G7 governor colleagues who had gone over to the APC. They hit on the idea of using Rotimi Amaechi from the South-South, Aliyu Wamakko from the North-West and Murtala Nyako from the North-East, to try and talk me into joining them in the APC. The first to call on me was Governor Amaechi, who came to Jigawa. It was not his first visit to the state, as I had earlier invited him to commission the School of Nursing in Birnin Kudu. We were very close, but that apart, I did not imagine how he could have convinced me to change my political stance. Maybe he could work on my emotions, but not my politics.
I listened to him attentively, then responded thus:
“Amaechi, thank you very much for coming to visit me. We are friends, but I am older than you. Get this very clearly. I have also been in the business of politics for a very long time, since 1979. Secondly, even though we are now governors, you got into office through a judicial decision, you are a creation of the court and did not come into officethrough the normal election process. You are now aggrieved and angry with PDP, because the party removed your name on its list of contestants and you went to court.
The party had given the ticket to Ameya (Omehia) during the primary elections. The party might have wanted to edge you out, but the court restored your candidature. Therefore, you as the candidate, actually won the election personally, not the PDP. You are a creation of the Supreme Court and are aggrieved with the party; but I am not. I can understand your feelings; in fact, I am happy you have gone into the APC and I feel happy for Nigeria also. You are the only person with any profile from the South-South that has gone into the APC and this will give the APC the required image of a national party. Buhari is, thus, now a national contestant, while I, a Northerner, am staying with your own son, Jonathan. So, it means we are giving the parties a kind of balance Nigeria requires: you are together with Buhari, while I am with Jonathan; it's good for Nigerian political balance. If I join you, then all the Northern governors of any consequence will abandon Jonathan and that would not be good for the country's image and our politics. So, please stay in the APC, but let me remain in the PDP.”
Needless to say, he left disappointed. Soon after Nyako also came, trying to plead with me that I should move over to APC.”
Sule Lamido

We lost one of the most patriotic and selfless leaders from Adamawa State to the cold hands of death, Prof. Jibrin Aminu.

Inna lillahi wa Inna ilaihir Rajiun.

May Allah SWT forgive the shortcomings of Prof. Jibrin Aminu and Grant him Aljannatul Firdaus.

Prof. Jibrin Aminu dies at 85.

Source: DW HAUSA

i. Executive Secretary of NUC 1975-79
ii. Visiting professor of medicine Howard University college Washington (1989-90)
iii. Vc of University of Maiduguri (1980-85)
iv. Minister of Education (1989-90)
v. Minister of petroleum (1990-92)
vi. Nigerian Ambassador to U.S.A (1999-23)
vii. Senator Representing Adamawa central (2003-07).

Prof. Jibrin Aminu was born in August 1939. He graduated in medicine from the University of Ibadan in 1965, and holds a Ph. D in Medicine from the Royal Post-Graduate Medical School.
Mr. Aminu as consultant, senior lecturer and sub-dean of Clinical Studies at the University of Ibadan Medical School from 1973 -1975, Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC from 1975–1979, visiting Professor of Medicine at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington DC from1979–1980, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, 1980-1985. He was also Professor of Medicine at the University of Maiduguri from1979–1995. Mr. Aminu held office as Minister of Education and later Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (1989–1992).

He was Nigerian Ambassador to the USA from 1999–2003 and was elected Senator for the Adamawa Central constituency in May 2003 and re-elected in 2007.

On 2 January 2010, Aminu was installed the "Bobaselu of The Source" by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuwade.

Inna lillahi wa Inna ilaihir Rajiun.

May Allah SWT forgives the shortcomings of Prof. Jibrin Aminu and Grant him Jannah Firdaus.

Nigeria Is Finished!

Imagine A Country Where Military Generals Contribute Money To Pay Ransom To Bandits For The Release Of Their Fellow Generals |

GENERAL MI TSIGA: A NOTE OF APPRECIATION

Date: 4th April 2025

I, Brigadier General Ismaila Abdullahi, on behalf of Brigadier General MI Tsiga, friends and associates wish to express our profound gratitude and appreciation to you all on your wonderful and unexpected contributions in our struggle to ensure that General MI Tsiga regained his freedom from the 5th of February 2025 when he was violently taken away from his house in Tsiga Town, Bakori LGA of Katsina State.

The moment we heard of General MI Tsiga's kidnapping, my self and Major General LB Bunza started exchanging ideas towards the release of General Tsiga.
On the 9th of February 2025, we decided to create a WhatsApp platform that we named simply "TSIGA." The aim was to inform the general public of the unfolding situation, i.e., the abduction of General MI Tsiga. As days went by, and when the bandits made their demand of 400,000,000 naira as the ransom money they wanted before they released General MI Tsiga, we decided to solicit for donations on our TSIGA PLATFORM.

The response was overwhelming. On this platform, we had over 300 members; made up of retired military officers,serving military officers, and civilians from all segments of our society, university lecturers, ambassadors, and businessmen.

For proper accountability, General Bunza and I decided that all the contributions should be channelled into General Tsiga's bank account. So, I asked Kamal (General Tsiga's son) to send us his father's bank account. He immediately sent me General Tsiga's bank account, domiciled in Unity Bank. I posted this account on the TSIGA PLATFORM and requested donations from members to assist General Tsiga's family in meeting up with the demands of the bandits.

The response,like I had earlier observed, was overwhelming. Donations came in pouring like "August Rains."
Initially, I started updating the amount being received, but some members noticed and quickly advised that the update was not proper security-wise, so I stopped posting the daily contributions.

From 22 February 2025, when donations started coming in to 15 March 2025, the amount we received was indicative that yes, TOGETHER WE CAN.
I want to therefore, on behalf of General MI Tsiga, family, friends, colleagues and associates, thank you all for your brotherly and sisterly expression of concern and contributions both financial, moral, and even spiritual in our collective efforts to make sure General MI Tsiga regained his freedom.

Today, 4th April 2025 I have come to the end of my humble task. The task of keeping the general public informed of General MI Tsiga's predicament. As I write this little write-up, I feel fulfilled as our collective efforts have finally yielded a very positive outcome ie THE RELEASE of General MI Tsiga.
Thank you and bye......
Brigadier General Ismaila Abdullahi rtd .

BOMBSHELL!!!

Abiola Invited Abacha To Overthrow Shonekan And Handover To Him After. - SDP Party Chairman.

“I was returning from one of such trips to a prominent Emir one afternoon when I heard from my car radio Chief Abiola calling on General Abacha to come and ease Chief Shonekan as he eased out Babangida, I was shocked.

I called Chief Abiola and asked for an explanation of what I had just heard.

His reply was, “Mr. Chairman, I am very happy to have worked for you. You are a strong-willed man, but you see, if you want to go to Kano by road and you later decide to go to Kano by air, as long as you get to Kano, there is nothing wrong with that”.

At this time, the party did not know and I did not know Chief Abiola was having discussions with General Abacha who had promised him that if Chief Abiola supported, and if he, General Abacha, took over from Chief Shonekan today, he would hand-over the reins of Government to Chief Abiola the next day, and Chief Abiola bought the idea.

We later got to know that there were series of meetings in Ikeja where names of those who would serve in Abacha government were discussed and forwarded. When we found out that things were not moving well and that the interim government was a lame duck, I went to have a meeting with the then Secretary for agriculture, Alhaji Isa Muhammed, and I expressed my disgust at the way the government was being run.

On two occasions, I addressed the Federal Executive Council under Chief Shonekan when the two Chairmen were invited.

On the first occasion, I told Chief Ernest Shonekan that the relationship between the governors and the interim government left much to be desired as there was no discipline. Chief Shonekan picked up a copy of the constitution and said, “Chairman of SDP, I will go by this document. I have to obey this constitution. If any governor has misbehaved report him to the police”.

The second time we were called on an issue in the chambers when the Federal Executive Council was meeting, again I raised the alarm and I again told Chief Shonekan that one day, the military boys will come and drive him out of his seat.

Chief Adelusi Adeluyi (Juli Pharmacy) who was the Secretary for Health got up and told his colleagues that the Chairman of SDP had twice given warning signals and no one seemed to be taking the warnings seriously.

We again left and allowed the Federal Executive Council to continue its meeting. On this very day, I went to the Secretary for Agriculture, Isa Mohammed, and had discussions on the unsatisfactory state of affairs. He was a personal friend and he promised to see Chief Shonekan that evening with a promise to get back to me, no matter how late.

I waited until about 1 a.m. and slept off without hearing from him. In the afternoon the following day, I called him to remind him of our discussion and he said it was not possible to see Chief Shonekan the previous evening as there were too many visitors and friends. He added that they had just been called to the villa for an emergency meeting and that he would stay behind after that meeting to discuss with Chief Shonekan.

Isa Mohammed admitted that he too was also disturbed by the situation.
Immediately we stopped talking on the telephone, the British High Commissioner called me on my mobile and said, “Tony, something is happening”. And I just asked, “What is it?” He replied, “change of government” and just switched off.

I was with the Deputy Senate President, Senator Albert Legogie, when I got the message.

I went back to the house not knowing that General Abacha was taking over from Chief Shonekan which explains why the secretaries (Ministers) were called to the Villa for the emergency meeting. This was the end of the Interim Government.

It must be stated categorically here that when Chief M.K.O Abiola decided to wage war against the Interim National Government so he could take-over against the Government almost immediately Chief Shonekan was removed, he thus broke faith, not only with his party and its leadership, but also with the two political parties (SDP and NRC) which had laboured to set up the ING through effective resistance to the Federal Military Government of General Babangida.

Instead, Chief Abiola recruited “friends and supporters” who were not from the social democratic Party although some of them belonged to that party. This was to further his personal design for realizing that famous metaphor of going to Kano by air instead of road.

Immediately Abacha took over, Chief Abiola led his “friends” to pay a courtesy call on General Abacha to congratulate him. General Abacha took advantage of this and made sure that for the next two week, this courtesy call was aired on NTA Network News, to prove that Abiola had accepted his take-over of government. As stated already, the two parties had agreed in sharing ministerial offices with the reinstatement of Chief Abiola after the interim period. That arrangement, as far as Chief Abiola was concerned, was going to be too slow for his purpose.

His friends and supporters, not the party, were fully aware of the plan to topple Shonekan. They worked for it and canvassed for it. They were apparently not aware that in doing so, they were going to enthrone or ride on the back of a tiger. The long history of military rule in Nigeria and Abacha’s role in announcing most of the military coups would have been sufficient warning that they were parleying witha dangerous customer.

The tragedy of the Interim National Government was that Chief Shonekan never enjoyed the support of Chief M.K.O Abiola, the people of his home state and the people from his geo-political area, or the South-Western part of Nigeria. They did everything to bring Shonekan and his interim administration down from press attacks, to legal judgments, to hijacking of the A310 Air Bus, all in an attempt to create the atmosphere of lawlessness or the breakdown of law and order.

The Interim National Government fell due to the adroit manoeuvres of Chief Abiola, orchestrated attacks from Abiola’s supporters, as well as the lack of political base and support for Chief Ernest Shonekan who had good intentions for the country. In governance and politics, good intentions are not sufficient to sustain any leader in office. These have to be matched by effective control of the situation, ability to monitor the political pendulum to know which wat it swings at any time, as well as intelligent anticipation to develop strategies to confront emerging challenges.

Above all, political base and support are indispensable. Ernest Shonekan did not appear to have mastered the Nigerian situation, and when he was faced with scheming and planned hostility, he could not survive. In fact, his rule can be described as a tragedy of good intentions. Chief Shonekan is a good man but not a politician. When the Abacha take-over was announced, there was jubilation by all those who knew of the “Agreement” between Chief M.K.O Abiola and General Abacha.

The Nicon Noga Hilton Hotel was in celebration mood as all those senators who had pre-knowledge of this so-called agreement, and who anticipated that Abacha would handover to Chief Abiola the next day or immediately, were shouting “M.K.O.! M.K.O.! Presido! Presido!”. It was for this same reason that, unknown to the party leadership; Chief Abiola led a team of supporters and relations as well as friends on a visit to congratulate General Abacha for a job well done.

It can now be recalled that during the ensuing struggle with Abacha to validate the June 12 election, and in order to prove that Chief Abiola was in full support of what he had done, General Abacha would play the tape of this visit repeatedly on Network News.
Four days before the June 12 election, (i.e. Wednesday), I flew in from Abuja to meet Chief M.K.O. Abiola to tell him that we had no money to pay polling agents as the promise made by government to grant the sum of ₦40 million (forty million naira) to each of the parties had deliberately not been fulfilled.

The government refused to release the money. Chief Abiola said he did not have money. I went to Universal Trust Bank to see Godson Echiejele, later Executive Director (Finance), Federal Housing Authority, who was the Assistant General Manager of that bank. He told me that by 10:00 am the next day (Thursday) he would arrange ₦15 million (fifteen million naira) for us. The only condition attached was that if the promised ₦40 million (forty million naira) from the government got to the party, we should open an account with the bank with that amount.

I drove to Ikeja to see Chief Abiola and gave a rundown of the arrangement I was making. He thanked me heartily but added that if he had known, he would have told me to request for ₦20 million (twenty million naira) because of some of his commitments he was unable to meet at the time. The Federal Government was owing him heavily.

I must admit that Chief Abiola spent a great deal of his money. He was all out to win the election little realising that his best friend was going to be his worst enemy. He was a good candidate. There was no where we went to that he did not have something to show that he helped the people of that area. Although he was a Moslem, while building mosques for Moslem communities, he was also building churches for Christians.

He gave out scholarships to both Christians and Moslems; to Yoruba people, Igbos, and Hausa, without discrimination. He was a very good candidate.
I went back to the hotel and met Godson who said that if we wanted ₦20 million (twenty million naira), the money would not be ready by 10:00 am. We would have to wait till about 12:00 noon. By 11:30 am the next morning, Godson called me to say the money was ready. I went to the bank in Victoria Island and two bullion vans were ready with es**rt.

When I asked for a bond for the amount, the Managing Director said, “we know you. When you get your cheque, you should open an account here”. I did not sign any document or undertaking that I was taking that money from the bank which illustrates what trust and credibility, or integrity can mean at critical moments.

I telephoned Chief M.K.O. Abiola that I was coming to the private wing of the local airport at Ikeja and that he should meet me there. I met him waiting with Kola and Habib bank manager from Apapa, and we realized that as it was already Thursday and election was just two days away, the “Hope 93” aircraft was insufficient for distributing money country-wide. We decided, therefore to charter an Okada aircraft for distributing money in the Northern states while “Hope 93” was to distribute the money in the Southern States for the payment of polling agents.

That evening, I went by road to Edo State and delivered the money for that State to Chief Odigie-Oyegun because I had to stay in Edo state for the election. I got to Benin City by 10 pm that day. When we eventually got the ₦40 million (forty million naira), we kept our promise and made sure that the ₦40 million (forty million naira) was used to open an account with UTB (Universal Trust Bank).

Air Borne But No Landing

Chief M.K.O Abiola, as indicated earlier, had said that if you want to go to Kano, going by air or by road does not make any difference as long as you get there.

His interpretation of this was that going by air meant Abacha taking over from Shonekan and he Abiola, being sworn in the next day. Going by road was waiting till March, 1994, when Shonekan would use the National Assembly to hand over to him because he actually had won the presidential election. Unfortunately for Chief Abiola, he was air borne on his way to Kano but could not land.

There was, in fact, no landing, and Kano as the desired destination proved to be a fantasy.
It is a pity indeed, that Chief Abiola kept the leadership of the party away from his arrangement with General Abacha to takeover form Shonekan. If he had brought it to the notice of the leadership of the part, he would have been well advised.
The “Agreement” was phoney and hollow. It was an agreement which was inexplicable and inexcusable in its folly and terrible in its consequences. In a similar but not identical set of circumstances, I had advised Chief Abiola against declaring himself the president of this country when arising from Abacha’s refusal to handover to him drove him to that extreme line of thought.

I spoke to him on the telephone pointing out that the army was not there to back him up. He had no police support, and not even the immigration or customs would back him.

My Advice to M.K.O. Abiola

I advised against his intended line of action. In reply he merely said, “Mr. Chairman, you are a very good man. Anyway, we shall discuss that one later”, and he replaced the telephone.
As I did not want to be blamed later for not advising Chief Abiola correctly, I advertised my advice the following day in some of the daily newspapers.

It was clear to me that the course of action to which Chief M.K.O. Abiola was heading was not only going to be self-destructive but also ruinous. He would play into the hands of the military and offer himself as a sacrificial lamb by delivering himself to those who, for various and obvious reasons, very much wanted him out of the scene.

In addition to giving M.K.O. Abiola specific advice against his intended line of action, I also commented on those calling for a boycott of the election to select candidates to the constitutional conference which the Abacha regime was putting in place to address the various problems confronting the nation and putting out a new Constitution for Nigeria. I was convinced that the conference would achieve a lotfor this country, including setting the timeframe for the military’s exit from Nigerian politics.

Chief Abiola did not listen. The result of his action landed him in jail.

The Escape

While negotiations for the Interim Government were on, I was briefing Chief Abiola from time to time. One day, as we were going in for one of those meetingsat the villa, Chief Abiola told me that he had a message he wanted me to pass on to President Babangida and that he would send it by fax. I never received any fax message for onward transmission to the president because that was the day M.K.O. Abiola left Nigeria for the United Kingdom.

He did not want me to know that he was leaving the country. The following morning, I waited and waited all in vain for that fax message. I never received it till I was almost running late to attend a meeting at the villa. My other party men were waiting and we had to go. The next morning a BBC correspondent from London called me and asked if I was the chairman of SDP. On answering yes, he said, “your candidate is here”. I asked, “Which candidate?” and he answered. “Chief M.K.O. Abiola”. I was forced to ask him, “Where are you speaking from?” He replied, “This is BBC London. Do you want to hear his voice?”.

It was then I knew Chief Abiola had left the country. Chief Abiola’s absence from the country at this critical time was disastrous to the party and to the party and to his cause. He was the symbol of theJune 12 election and most Nigerians were struggling for him. Escaping from the scene created a vacuum which made the struggle meaningless. It was the climax of the fear he had exhibited right from the time President Babangida nullified the June 12 election.

When Chief Abiola eventually returned, he visited me in Benin in my residence. One of the questions I asked him was, “Presido, I was the last person you spoke to on the day you left and you did not tell me that you were travelling?” Before the full glare of camera lights and press, he replied that “when two birds are on a tree, one does not tell the other that a stone is coming”. So he knew a stone was coming and we were two birds on a tree and he fled without telling me a stone was coming”. It seemed to me and to many Nigerians too, that the parable of birds on a tree was a very loaded and pregnant one. It shows the character of Chief M.K.O. Abiola whose cause many Nigerians were prepared to fight and die for. Today, the result of his action has been extremely unfortunate.”

®️['My Life And Nigerian Politics’ Chief Anthony Anenih, Mindex Publishing Co.Ltd, 2016; pp.108-118]. - Hope For Nigeria