Umaru Dikko, was arguably the most powerful minister in the Second Republic of Shehu Shagari government. He, it was, said that since people had not started eating from the dustbins, there was no serious poverty in Nigeria. But when Shagari was toppled, he ran into exile in the UK and was almost “repatriated” in a crate by the Buhari junta.
Under the Yar’Adua government, James Ibori, though not a minister, but was one of the most powerful politicians at the Villa. He strutted the Villa like the alternate president. Read Segun Adeniyi’s book -POWER, POLITICS AND DEATH. When Yar’Adua died, the tide changed. He ended up in a UK prison.
Abubakar Malami was one of the most powerful ministers in Buhari’s government. He, in fact, once had the EFCC under his firm control, instrumental to the removal of Magu and installing Abdulrashid Bawa as EFCC Chairman.
Now, he is currently under EFCC detention.
What of Emefiele, the powerful Governor of Central Bank, who even flirted with the idea of contesting for the presidency, where is he today? Struggling for his life with a couple of criminal trials.
Dieziani, the powerful minister of petroleum under President Jonathan is facing her own travails, with her multi-dollar assets confiscated by the State and also facing corruption charges in the UK.
So, to some of those in the current dispensation behaving as if they own their lives, please, calm down as there is always a tomorrow and tables do turn. We shall all be here by His grace to chronicle it.
-Richard Akinnola THERE IS ALWAYS A TOMORROW
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