They came to attend the
wedding of Nuhu’s two sons, Mahmud and Abubakar Sadiq, to their beloved
partners, Aminatu Ismaila and Fatima Jijiwa. President Buhari was the only
major political actor that was absent, but he was ably represented by a
delegation led by Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari.
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, pioneer
chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission scored a major
political goal on Saturday when he brought Nigeria’s political and business
elites together at the Al-Nur Mosque in Abuja.
Luckily, the wedding was
held without incident.
However, images out of the
occasion offered some sobering lessons to Nigeria’s political followers, who
break bottles and kill themselves, all in the name of politics. At the top, the
elite ‘Dey Kampe’, to use a pidgin phrase made popular by former president
Olusegun Obasanjo. The political elite surely know how to sort themselves out
despite superficial differences and acrimony on the political turf.
Just watch Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar sharing one big mirthful
laughter. Watch Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar discuss as old friends
or Digital Economy Minister, Isa Pantami sit calmly beside Abubakar Atiku and
Garba Shehu, Buhari’s spokesman going to take a bow, before Atiku, who was his
boss for a long time..
The truth is ‘there is no
fight upstairs’. It’s political ‘make believe’. We cannot but agree with the
comment of Oluwaseyi Adeniyi, who posted photos of the wedding showing the
dignitaries sharing camaraderie: Today at the Wedding Fatiha of Mahmud Nuhu
Ribadu & Amina Aliyu Ismaila, Son of Mallam @NuhuRibadu at The Al-Nur
Mosque Abuja. And you think our political elites are fighting? If you allow
yourself to be killed all in the name of defending them. You die for nothing”.
This is the takeaway lesson
from Al Nur Mosque in Abuja.
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