To shut Emir Sanusi up some
authority people are arguing that: he has a "boss" and as such must
respect the "boss" and not continue to embarrass the
"boss" in public, noting that those who did what he is doing in the
past forfeited the opportunity of ever being able to make a change to the
society . . . (Emir Sanusi II, Alaafin Adeyemi II). To his opponents, Emir
Sanusi 1, can change the society by silently conveying his ideas and criticisms
to the governments of the day. Arguing that he did not seek the
Emir-ship hoping or wishing to be deposed. Even though you are not a
Christian, you must be aware of Christ saying "Give unto Caesar what is
Caesar's". Nothing could be more selfish and inhuman than this
position.
As an Emir, Sanusi represents
millions of downtrodden, speaking on their behalf is not opportunism. Nigerians
have a way of pretending to represent people silently but merely represent
their personal interest, if you really represent the people, then speak out.
There are human beings who
don't give a damn about personal comfort and safety in the cause of fighting
injustice, oppression, and exploitation of the weak. If Zik, Awo, et al had
thought as you think, would they have dared the British? If Malcolm X (a
few days before he was assassinated, he admitted to a journalist on television
that he was already a dead man, for he had been marked for assassination) would
have fought against injustice in America had they thought as you think?
Emir Sanusi is speaking on
behalf of his people, that's what effective leaders do. When governor Balarabe
Musa rejected the criminal entreaties of NPN members of the old Kaduna House of
Assembly, he knew that it could lead to his impeachment and removal from office
(since NPN held the majority in that inglorious legislature).
Yet he refused to go along
with oppressing the poor and after it led to his impeachment and removal from
office, did the world collapse upon him? Is he still not alive today and more
relevant to Nigerians than all the NPN crooks who victimized him combined? Are
you unaware that what PRP of that era stood for, and for which Musa was
impeached and Rimi given hell, is at the core of what Emir Sanusi is speaking
against today?
Do you think that Ebitu Ukiwe
did not know that he could be removed as Babangida's VP if he refused to accept
IBB's unilateral making of Nigeria an OIC member in 1986? Did the world
collapse after he refused to go along with evil and was removed? Did the world
collapse on General Ishola Williams and Abubakar Umar after they
chose to leave the army than go along with Abacha's military junta?
Some call themselves
Christians, yet they know not that Jesus was asking his followers to not back
away from defending what they believe is just and right for fear of being
penalized? How could they not know that was what Jesus meant by "man shall
not live by bread alone..."?
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