Almost
all Nigerians have unflinching and implicit confidence in the
leadership of the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari. This has been
demonstrated by the voters in electing him as the next President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Nigeria
has yet to be developed and safe enough to allow Buhari and his
encourage to wait for the red light while obeying traffic rules. The
security and safety of his life, high hopes on him and exigencies of his
expected official state duties do not support his waiting for traffic
control.
Nigerians
will excuse him and his entourage on traffic. No laws without some sort
of exception to those deserving of it. The escorts should use their
intelligence to ensure safety of our leaders and to drive on the red
light because the president-elect may be reluctant to reverse his
directive.
History
should remind us of the Col B.S. Dimka assassination of Gen Murtala
Muhammed on the traffic at Onikan, Lagos in February 1976. The country’s
security then was better than it is now.
Finally,
security should be highly tightened to protect our leaders especially
the President-elect not only on the roads, but also at every place and
time now, on the swearing – in day and afterwards.
Though only God can secure man, however, what God makes man to know and able to do, God may not interfere on it.
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