Thread by @sirnucy

Turns out our (former) landlord isn’t as sophisticated as we thought. He’s no more than an overrated political juvenile and braggart who used federal might cum father’s influence to suppress & oppress Kwarans between 2003-2015 when he held sway as governor & Senator respectively.

In 2011, he used the same federal might to destroy his father’s political dynasty and sent his sister into political bewilderment. In 2015, he was assisted by the Buhari tsunami that swept PDP off its feet. This is the first time he’s standing real political test.

Well, as officially announced by INEC, he has been knocked off his perch in the most humiliating manner. Analysts have attributed his defeat to two things: the #Otoge movement & the Offa robbery incident. Inasmuch as I do not celebrate his downfall & political obliteration,

I think there’s a lesson to learn from his early retirement from active politics. Power is given by Allāh and its transient. He took the people for granted for so long & did almost nothing tangible for the state aside sharing money to a negligible few during elections.

The biggest lesson, however, is for the winners.

قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ

Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors in the land to see what you will do.” Q.7:129

The above verse was the reply Prophet Mūsā gave to the children of Israel when they sought his intervention to end the tyranny and cruelty of the Pharaoh. Now that you have sent Saraki packing, you must set Kwarans free from the clutches of political slavery.

Allāh has given you this victory so as to let the people know (for He Allāh is the All-Knowing) what you shall also do. Therefore, never let the people down. If you do, your obliteration will be worse than Saraki’s. May Allāh grant you the wisdom & guidance.