My people, make I drop this one wey go make you think! Aisha Muhammed, wey be daughter of late General Murtala Muhammed, don yarn some serious matter about how her papa lifestyle contribute to how dem take kill am.
As she dey talk for ARISE News Morning Show, Aisha explain say her papa no just be ordinary leader, he really dey live out wetin e dey preach, like accountability and discipline. Na wetin make am a good leader, but also, na im make dem fit touch am. Na 50 years since the man don go, we still dey feel im impact.
She come say, “My papa no dey carry heavy security or motorcade, e dey waka like ordinary Nigerian. Na so the assassins fit attack am for road. As we talk, the man no dey take security serious like today leaders wey dey surround dem with police and all dem plenty security wahala.”
For you wey no sabi wetin happen, Murtala Muhammed na military leader wey take over power for July 1975, dem kick General Yakubu Gowon come out. But only six months after, he come gather for traffic when coup plotters come out and finish am for February 13, 1976. Omo, make I tell you, e no even reach 200 days for power before dem take am away.
Aisha no forget to talk why her papa style na wetin make dem fit close in chapter like that, she say, “He no dey parade himself, na im make am be vulnerable. If to say na today, we fit see security wey go block road and make everybody fear to touch am.”
As Aisha dey reminisce, she throw light on wetin her papa don do for those short months wey e dey reign. Him dismiss about 10,000 public officials wey dem catch for corruption, he even create new states and set plans to shift Nigeria capital from Lagos to Abuja. Na the man naija wey dey push for change before dem cut im life short.
When we look am now, we sabi say corruption still dey hold us for neck. Aisha dey remind us say, “Poverty wey dey ground na wetin dey make things dey hard for we. My papa no just dey talk, him dey do im own part by living like ordinary people.”
Finally, make we no forget say leadership go beyond power. Na follow wetin you dey do and how you dey impact your people. Murtala Muhammed don long go, but the values wey he stand for go still dey shine for our hearts. So, my people, make we reason well, na wetin we dey do for our country matter pass all power wey we fit hold.
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