What does Buhari want?
By Levi Obijiofor IT is very difficult to understand Muhammadu Buhari, the former military head of state and former presidential candidate of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP). It is even harder to determine whether Buhari’s unpredictability should be classified as an element of human virtue or vice. You will understand why, shortly. In one moment, he would be saying the right things and in the next moment he would be saying things that would undermine the way the public views him. In the political arena, Buhari is viewed as a dogged fighter. You only need to ask Olusegun Obasanjo and his hand-picked successor, Umaru Yar’Adua. Since his emergence as a soldier-turned-democrat, Buhari has refused to bow to his political opponents or to withdraw his election petition on the basis that his opponents asked him to sheathe his sword. Despite his doggedness in pushing his political dogma, fate has consistently served Buhari with humiliating defeats on a cold platter. Twice he contested pre
