What came to mind when I
saw this photo was the classic phrase, “So, we meet again, Mr Bond” which has
appeared in a number of James Bond films. Its variant is “I’ve been expecting
you, Mr Bond” or “I’ve been waiting for you, Mr Bond”.
The phrase is usually uttered by the antagonist (mostly of the villainous
kind) of James Bond who may have been humbled in a previous encounter and has
now finally found an opportunity to exert revenge or to stage a rematch. The
outcome of the rematch is always devastating to both parties but always more disastrous
for the challenger. If you remember, on 27 August 1985, the Chief of Army Staff
Major General Babangida led other disgruntled officers to overthrow the barely twenty-month-old
government of his boss, Major General Buhari. He promptly kept General Buhari in
detention and literally threw away the key! The two were never to cross paths
again until this meeting, thirty years later, which Buhari was chairing as the newly
democratically elected President.
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