2010-2015: A Blind Date with Goodluck Jonathan

Sayo Aluko

So, this is him.

A few days from now, the curtains will fall on the 6-year tenure of Nigeria's arguably most-tediuos President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan(GEJ).  Alas, Nigerians got to meet the man they so much expected a lot from, judging by the moonlight tales that heralded his emergence. But, did they get what they bargained for throughout their 6-year date with this lucky one?

This is a recap of some of the moments that defined the Jonathanian era, which pretty much still happens on some Nigerians like a blind date till date.

Taking a Messi cue....

Sayo Aluko

I'm a Cristiano Ronaldo fanatic, not a Messi fan. Just like anybody in the same boat as mine, my Ronaldo sentiment has seldom made me agree with, nor applaud any Messi performance no matter how good. I've always cynically been like, "What did he do, my Ororo (what most Yoruba peeps nickname Ronaldo) has done and can do better".

But, yesternight, I got served.

Of Political Campaigns and the Menace of Miscreants.

Sayo Aluko

For any mind that sees beyond the cliff, it is a disgusting sight. Like a howling pack of insatiable hyenas, wave and wave of ill-visioned and totally jobless youths that besieged campaign venues and convoys, either in a raucous quest to get money from politicians or pilfer from unsuspecting Nigerians, it was really mind-disturbing. I had the privilege of covering a slew of these politically-inclined events in the months that preceded the 2015 elections, and they were all well-graced with the narcotic presence of these delinquents.

From one event to the other, I was made to see yet another blight in government's scorecard, and at a point, it became to me, a thing that just hurts.

These rudderless ones proved violent at their worst and virulent at their best.