Wednesday Column By Joe Igbokwe
“I think what we are concerned about is
the process. It is no longer a military regime and under our existing
laws, everybody is innocent until proven guilty” – Bishop Kukah.
This is a statement credited to the
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Dioceses, Bishop Hassan Kukah when The Peace
Committee for 2015 general elections led by former Head of State,
General Abdulsalami Abubakar visited President Muhammadu Buhari on
Tuesday August 11 2015. As it were, I found nothing wrong in the Peace
Committee visiting the President because any credible group is free to
visit the President since the President is for everybody and for nobody
in particular. What I am worried of is the timing and the motive of the
visit. I am deeply worried about the purpose of this visit. Is it to
shield some people from the investigations on corruption going in almost
every critical sector of our economy? Is it to try to circumvent a
clinical process being put in place to put things in order in Nigeria?
Is it to try to slow down President Buharis’s agenda to
