In as much as I agreed with most of the sentiments you expressed in your article, I would like to differ on some issues where the assumptions were just not pratical for now.
Yar ' Adua as the President cannot abdicate his position for now until the Supreme court make a pronouncement on the issue. Let us not run faster than our shadows on this issue. I have no problems with the president as a person but the system (do or die) that produced him and also share the same sentiments that in a free and fair election, he would still have defeated either Buhari or Atiku. You already addressed the issue of wether we have the capabilities to organize free and fair elections or not so, I will not dwell on that here.
If Yar'Adua abdicate the presidency, who should he hand over to? Goodluck Jonathan? Well, if your answer to this is yes, we might as well invite the former Emperor (Obasanjo) to move back to Aso rock because he will be running the government. I am not convinced that Goodluck is clean enough to be the President or that he and his wife will not start dipping their fingers again into the public till the way they did in Bayelsa state
The First Lady (Turai) is a Nigerian and a woman for that matter! Most of the men who misbehave or derailed while in public office were influenced by their wives. She is ambitious and is getting carried away by the powers associated with being 'Her Excellency, the First Lady. It will take the grace of God not to get carried away when you have those sychophants surrounding you and everyone coming to seek your intervention to talk to 'Oga' in the night at the right moment (Whatever that is). Since the position was not provided for in the Nigerian constitution, my take on it is that the wives of public officials should remain in the background and limit their activities to supporting their husbands at home. They should not have offices, escorts or official cars save the ones for their husbands and should not be running those drainpipes called 'NGOs' through which public funds are siphoned.
On the issue of Islam and polygamy, you were wrong on the generalization that "Islam permits marrying several wives". Marrying more than one wife is only permitted in special circumstances. I am not going to argue this here but you can consult with Islamic scholars on this issue. My understanding of the issue from is that you can only marry more than one wife on account of sickness of the first wife which will prevent her from discharging her wifely duties as adultery is punishable under Islamic law and you cannot abandon or drive your wife out of the hous eon account of not being able to discharge her wifely duties due to sickness.
Another reason is if medically determined that the first wife cannot give birth to children, the husband is either free to marry another woman or rest his case with God and remain childless. You must be able to treat them justly, meaning you must not be partial to any of them in any way,including the discharge of your marital responsibilities. This emphasis on being 'just' has been argued by most Islamic Scholars as a deterrent to polygamy because realistically, it is very difficult to be just between two or more women when they are your wives. You must like one more than the other. It may be something as mundane as the way she walks, smiles or satisfies you in bed
Islamic laws like other religious laws have been interpreted through the prism of culture, economy and politics and are subject to different understandings based on these factors.
On Islam and occultism, I beg to disagree with you again because Islam does not permit associating anything with God. Shirku (associating other gods with Allah) is a sin that has no forgiveness and occultism falls under this. The fact that people practice it does not mean it is sanctioned by Islam. It is the same way people consult their babalawos and Pastors to influence issues affecting them negatively or positively for various reasons. I am against occultism in every way and this explanation is not meant to be a justification of it.
All in all, your article was enjoyable and I admire people who takes the time to write thier opinions on issues even if I don't agree with some of their positions.