On Father Mbaka, Garba Shehu needs to get that nobody takes part or takes sides in politics to earn their reward in Heaven, and the rewards aren’t necessarily material favors. The most anticipated reward is good governance, and so is respecting the grievance of former supporters.
Once we begin to antagonize our former supporters in the very fashion we pounce on the opposition, we admit that political support is a thankless job. Our politicians don’t know how to manage the expectations of their supporters, even the ones who stood with them when nobody did.
Ridiculing your former political allies and throwing them under the bus for simply disagreeing with your method of governing, which has been overwhelmingly condemned by all sensible citizens, is fundamentally unwise.
Politics isn’t a gentleman’s business, but neither should it be a playground of insecure and vindictive partisans. The reward for political support or loyalty shouldn’t be outright demonization when a difference sets in.
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