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By Innocent Adikuru

The travails of President Goodluck Jonathan as he faces a long train of acts of Boko Haram insurgency, insecurity, a state of flux and an ardent political opposition are, indeed, extraordinary in the life of a leader. They are truly unprecedented in the life of the nation because in our post-independence history we have never been confronted with such a frightening set of crises as we have at the moment.

The tragic Civil War of 1967-70 did not stress us this much. Nor did the political turbulence of the old Western Nigeria that led to Wetie cause as much political and social damage to the polity. The isolated challenges in the Second Republic to wit, the impeachment of Governor Balarabe Musa of old Kaduna State as well as the faux pas of the electoral umpire in announcing Akin Omoboriowo as the winner of the governorship contest in the defunct Ondo State instead of incumbent Governor Adekunle Ajasin, leading to the outbreak of violence, all pale before the upheavals of today.

Most students of these developments who have given considerable amount of time and serious study to examine them conclude that the nation overcame those challenges largely on account of the style and approach of the leader and government of the day. Of course, they do not by this assertion dismiss the contribution of other stakeholders, such as the media, opposition, civil society organisations, labour, etc.

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