Forgetting January 15, 1966

The Assassin's Blueprint

There‘s a flurry of activity in the blacksmith’s shop which has just reopened after 19-year closure. The furnace is in full blast! Thus, let me strike while the “Who-killed-Dele-Giwa?” iron is hot.  Ironically (no pun intended), this cartoon published in 1987, five months after Dele Giwa was killed, suggests how quickly and how long the iron has been left out in the cold!

The End Of An Era

Lai Mohammed enjoys ‘bow-and-go’ screening

The Cable: October 13

….“Ndume Ali, senate leader, moved the motion for‎ Mohammed to take a bow and go.

Godswill Akpabio, senate minority leader, seconded the motion, but not before he had said Mohammed should be allowed to express himself because he was known for propaganda. ‘We are sure that before he leaves here, he will drop at least two propaganda,’  Akpabio said amidst thunderous laughter by members of the chamber.”

Read more at: https://www.thecable.ng/lai-mohammed-enjoys-bow-go-screening

President Buhari Meets Former President Babangida

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.