[Abraxas]

Hi, folks!

Come to think of it, if you are in his shoes you’d make the same deal, too. To miss the ovation of history, and to also find himself dispossessed and jailed? The thought of these must be the source of his nightmares.By the way, let me throw a wrench into this conversation: what if the man is not as corrupt as Nigerians have been alleging; what if he truly is not guilty of all other crimes we have accused him of; what if he truly is the right man for this era -- the man who will make our collective dreams come true? And what if the vast majority of Nigerians elects him the president of
Nigeria ? And then what? It could happen. Strange things do happen, you know.

Either way the wind blow, one must still doff his/her hat to Babangida. There is a lot to be said about a man who has been out of office for well over a decade but can still mesmerize us and hold us prisoners to his every sneeze and cough. To think that an individual -- who is neither an inventor nor a giver and taker of life -- can hold a nation captive for this long and this intense is simply mind boggling. Men like this don’t come around too often.Even so, it is sad, really sad that he wasted his talents and gifts. Here was a man who could have done a lot of good and a lot of great things for his country and humanity; but somehow, he squandered it all. How sad…

Let me too throw a wrench into this interesting conversation:

What if Babangida is the biological son of General Obasanjo? What if my great-grandmother was a virgin? what if the equator is realy the Tropic of Capricorn? What if Abacha did not imprison Obasanjo? What if, really, the world is flat, and Ibogun, in Owu clan is the centre of gravity of the solar system? What if Mariam Babangida never met IBB? What if a square was a cube?

Well, like Sabella O Abidde said, it is sad, really sad that General Ibrahim Gbadamosi Babangida, like every other single military despot that traversed the Nigerian landscape for the better part of 30 years, between 1966 and 1999, really wasted his opportunity to make history.

Here was a man who spent the better part of his millitary career ploting coups, and peddling influence. Instead of leading Nigerians to prosperity, and doing a lot of great things he could very easily have done for his country, somehow, he chose to squander it all. How sad. What a pity. Sad. Very sad, indeed.

What a waste!

Muchas gracias.

Don Juan Carlos ABRAXAS (III)
(Director of Propaganda & Enlightenment, Global Alliance for the Total De-Militarization of Nigerian Politics, post-OBJ)