By Azu
WHEN he made the last Independence Day speech of his first term, President Muhammadu Buhari might have been speaking only to his prep team and the recording crew. Not that Nigerians were not happy to mark another national holiday.
On this particular 58th independence anniversary, attention was simply elsewhere: the party primaries across many states in the country. From Zamfara to Lagos and from Imo and Port Harcourt to Adamawa, candidates were locked in feisty battles for their parties’ flag in next year’s general election.
Even if Buhari had asked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to read his Independence Day speech, not many would have noticed.
In the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as drama goes, Zamfara, Port Harcourt and Imo were top contenders. Zamfara’s governor-in-diaspora, Abdul-Aziz Yari, managed to come back home for the primaries. But he may have to…
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