With 2023 silhouetted against the political horizon, and the full cast of the major political actors in full glare, something has become very glaring. It looks like we are back to the political season of 1979, and the Class of 1979 is on parade, once more!
In other words, history seems to be repeating itself. Every day, HE Atiku Abubakar looks increasingly like the new Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, Nigeria’s first Executive President, October 1, 1979-December 31, 1983. And the similarities are uncanny – be it background, marriage, the choice of running mates or a pan-Nigerian platform etc.
