Professor Aminu and the Law of Karma

It was during the past week that the senator representing Adamawa central senatorial zone and chairman of the senate committee on foreign affairs Professor Jubril Aminu, stated that his heart weeps for the People's Democratic Party and that he is living the platform upon which he is serving in the senate of the federal republic of Nigeria, what caused this gargantuan disclosure was the witnessing and participation in the impromptu delegates congress and elections of the senatorial candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, where he described the whole exercise as nothing more than a mere sham and a rape on the content, character and values of democracy. His contention was that due to the undemocratic nature of the contest that was only set to affirm the anointed candidates of the governor, a lot of valuable and important members of the party were leaving the People's Democratic Party, which included the current Nigerian ambassador to South Africa Brigadier General Buba Marwa and a host of other important members of the party, that have been disenfranchised by the present factionalized leadership and executive of the party in Adamawa State, though with the active support and connivance of Governor Murtala Nyako and the government of Adamawa State.

It was the belief of diplomat senator that the elections if allowed to stand, holds dire consequences for the People's Democratic Party in Adamawa State and indeed in within the greater Nigerian nation, as according to him the People's Democratic Party seems unwilling and unable to reconcile itself with the basic tenets of democracy, more so as the party seems unaware of the fact that in Nigeria there are other political parties, that could offer an alternative platform to any disenchanted and marginalized yet willing aspirant with political aspiration for leadership. My first reaction was to join the able senator as a paragon of political virtue, in his homily and disappointment with the perilous turn democracy has taken within the ambit of the greatest political party in Africa and indeed all other political parties in the federal republic of Nigeria, with regards to the belief in compliance to the dictates and adherence to the concept of internal democracy.

However, my first issue with the virtuous admonishing of the distinguished senator, lie within the context whether it only his political party that is guilty of the lack of internal democracy within its fold, as the other parties during the congresses have been exhibiting similar trait of character, in fact the Nigerian opposition political parties have never failed to show their admiration of the ruling party, in the way and manner it is conducting its affairs, as they always try to exhibit exceptional mode of democratic thinking, for while the Peoples Democratic Party adopt the delegates model of choosing candidates, the opposition political have been adopting the consensus option of electing its representatives in the general elections, that is even less democratic in orientation to the adopted model of the ruling People's Democratic Party, thus even though the opposition political parties are always quick to criticize the Peoples Democratic Party, in the way and manner it is governing the Nigerian nation, yet they always seem happy to join the conurbation called the government of national unity.

The fundamental context of my encounter with mystery and confusion regarding the contentious character of the latent opinion and position of the senator diplomat, lie within the legal confines of the equitable dictum that states: He who comes to equity must come with clean hands. Professor Jubril Aminu is a founding member of the People's Democratic Party, a high ranking member of the Nigerian senate and most importantly a grand beneficiary of the previous 2007 general elections, that was adjudged as neither free nor fair and subjected to so much international derision and opprobrium within the comity of democratic nations of the world, in fact some of the election monitors at the voting exercise went as far as ascribing to the elections, the tag of being the worst elections ever in the whole wide world, thus howb could a presumed winner in such an anomie of an elections find cause of deficiency in any kind of elections, whatsoever the level separation from the realm fairness and justice as the basic necessity of democratic norm.

It is of note that the distinguished senator from Adamawa central senatorial district, despite all the international condemnations of the 2007 general elections, continued to attest at the efficacy, sanctity, legitimacy and legality of the whole exercise, that a significant percentage of the election results were nullified by the courts, was merely a conspiracy against the successes of the People's Democratic Party by the judiciary, in fact during the reign of Professor Jubril Aminu recent friend, confident and a new conscript to democracy the insufferable Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, it was them that conspired to de-register some members of their own political party, their belief then was that a political party striving for unity and contrived greatness, should not tolerate dissent among the constituents of its followership, thus anybody having a different opinion to the position of the leadership of the party, should seek for another platform to express his or her views, in these context the question that confuses the mind is how could a profiteer in the abridging of democracy expect to enjoy the grace of its fairness.

The concept of democracy is more than a mere event that is confined within the context of elections, as what constitutes a democrat include the believe and belief in the contents of democracy, which are fairness, justice and respect for difference in opinion and most especially playing the game according to the rule, thus certainly precluding a bout of crocodile tears from a senator experiencing a carnal fact of nature, which is that what goes around shall certainly comes around.