Malami’s explosions: a clear goal

This morning I woke up with a video circulating on social media, showing the former prosecutor general of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, San, affirming Audace that his long convoy of commiseration to Bernin Kebbi was attacked by the APC criminals. I didn’t realize that my mouth had opened incredulous until someone was called my attention.

Instinctively, I started looking for the Internet to see if the APC in Kebbi’s state had issued a refutation. But then I asked myself: do they also need to issue one? Anyone who has half a brain should fire that video as nothing but an economic policy that frankly does not deserve a serious response. In football, that video is what is called the goal.

However, I find that I needed to write this, not because the accusations of Malami are convincing, but because his conduct is deeply disappointing. For a man I once had the misfortune of keeping sure, this is a new minimum. I am convinced that when people of consciousness remain silent in the face of these brazen political games, they often end up living with the repercussions of their silence. Since I don’t want to be captured in this river of regret, I chose to make the record clear, if not for today, at least for posterity.

First, that video confirmed what many already suspected: Malami is a political rookie. He spent years immersed in the law, but little or no time to learn the art of politics. We all know that politics is an art that, in the best case, is delicate and in the worst case, it is dark and subtle. At this moment, Malami is confusing both shades of politics using a berry of a beginner. And this will not take anything good.

So, what Malami really needs now is a period of silent reflection and protection. It should take a sort of political sabbatical and commit to learning the basic ropes of political commitment, or at least the type of large size that can pass as a policy to dance medium. Fortunately for him, he does not need to look for the teachers far away, since he launched a tent with artists of the caliber of Mallam Nasir El-Romai, a man expert in the dark arts of political brinkmanship within the ADC.

This is not to insult his person because the development of capacity is not reserved for the undefined. Learning for life, after all, never goes out of fashion. While it is there, if there is one thing that Malami has to learn, it is that the practice of the law does not convert perfectly into the art of politics. What I saw in that video was a man who fought to replace his legal experience with a political show brand that is neither refined nor convincing.

Let’s examine the crucial point of its accusation in that video. He says that his convoy was attacked by the criminals “hosted in the headquarters of the EPC in Kebbi”. Now we apply the basic logic. Who in their right mind believe that a political party, if he really wanted to unleash the criminals, parade them from his national or state general quarter in full light of the day on which everyone could see? It is absurd what is claiming that a bank thief left by a police station in full uniform.

And above all, who are we talking about here? Malami? Who would waste their time to trace an attack on a man whose political weight, to say it slightly, still have to overturn any significant staircase in Kebbi? I think the man confuses the weight of the office that he once held to Abuja to the true local state policy.

Now, let’s even examine the truthfulness of the attack. And the first question is: was there really an attack? Given the famous story of Malami to presumably ferry “imported associates” to perform political commissions outside their natural jurisdictions, who can say that the entire episode has not been staged? What better way to mark economic points than producing a crisis, crying foul and then pointing your fingers to the party in power? Thank God the police promised to reveal the truth.

I think that the most hateful of all his statements was that he was in Kebbi on a visit of condolences, an apparently solemn journey, but with a convoy that could compete with that of the president. Who wants to deceive? No surprise that turned around to make a political circus. But seriously, if the death of those who went to cry, and the pain of mourning families meant something for him, the last thing he should have done was transforming their moment of pain into a political jambery.

However, this is exactly what happened. A visit that should have been private, dignified and focused on mourning has become an opportunity for Malami to project his relevance, show off his fleet and then cry the victim when his calculation error failed. I believe that if, in fact, there was any reaction from the locals, if the so -called attack was not produced by him; So it could be an instinctive pushback against a man who came with noise instead of sympathy.

Instead of taking responsibility for that error in the trial, Malami has chosen to block the fault of his political rivals, supporting a conspiracy in which there is, at the best of the hypotheses, only local displeasure and, in the worst case, his orchestration to be blamed.

Well, something I know like an indigenous in good faith of Kebbi’s state is this: our people are not Credulone. They are not sold on these economic attempts of blackmail. Like me, they probably saw the entire episode for what it is: a clumsy and desperate offer for relevance.

Word of advice: Malami really wants to venture into politics and even daring to contest the governor in 2027, the first thing he has to do is humble. He must make peace with the fact that he is a political rookie, in need of serious protection, and start the hard work of gaining the trust of the people.

And even if he manages to master the profession of politics in his Nigerian definition – with all the compromises, alliances and posture involve – he will still remain with the Herculean task of convincing the people of Kebbi to abandon the constant progress for the childhood vents and an uncertain future.

Allow me to conclude by categorically affirming here that Malami’s explosion is never an insult to the APC; But an insult to his pedigree, his alleged intellect and his understanding of the words of weight lead to a fragile democracy. It is also a reminder that not all those who have held a high office are ready for the theater of open policy.

And while we prepare ourselves for the months to come and the temperature of the political space increases, Malami will have to decide for what he wants to be remembered: a senior supporter of Nigeria who brought with dignity even outside the courtroom or a man who squandered his reputation of economic theaters.

For now, the verdict among many of us is simple: his last burst has been a proper and more harmful goal, a self -inflicted insult. What he does later would determine if he learns from his transgressions or goes down as a narcissist.