Can we ponder the paradox that the PDP and LP are calling Buhari, their favorite anti-democrat, to do a Machiavellian thing for them: annul the presidential polls? Now, they want to upturn democracy and are calling for the former soldier’s help. The same elements atop PDP and LP were spectators at best and collaborators during the topsy-turvy days of June 12. They morphed into partisans of Abacha’s party before the tyrant expired. Hence, they coalesced to form the PDP. Once annul, always annul.
The man who led and gave his treasure and limbs to restore June 12 and democracy was Bola Tinubu, now president-elect. This is not the only irony. When the certificates of return were handed out last week, they did not say it was rigged. But it was the same thumbs, polling units, flesh and blood, Nigerians, BVAS, the same time that they voted for Tinubu and the lawmakers. Flashing a grin, the LP man had a photo-op with Ireti Kingibe with her certificate. His over 60 percent showing in Abuja could not be phony. These rebels of democracy have not called for those annulments. One annulment is better than another? They know how to make their own rules and ruse. When it works for them, it is the rule. When they fail, it is a ruse.
NB: Sam Omatseye is a respected columnist with The Nation Newspaper
