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On Abba Kyari, I think many of his friends, especially Geofrey Onyeama spoke too late. At the time his friend was being called out as the man responsible for all of Nigeria’s “woes” because of his central position in Government as Chief of Staff to the President, Onyeama kept criminal silence.
Onyeama’s eulogy to his late friend shows that Abba Kyari was probably misrepresented in the public sphere. It also shows Kyari was probably instrumental to Onyeama’s appointment as a Minister. This was given credence to by Onyeama’s descriptions of Kyari as a loyal, consistent and committed friend who would go to any length to identify with a friend including being the best man to a Christian getting married in a Church despite being a Muslim from a section of the Country that has been portrayed by the media as “intolerant of other faiths”.
Again, these traits attributed to Kyari might have been brought to bare when Onyeama and a few others were seeking re-appointment as Ministers at a time high powered politics was being played about Ministerial appointment.
I am not implying Onyeama does not merit that position, in fact his resume shows he is a diplomat. However, Nigeria has an array of better and more qualified people that would have done a better job than what Onyeama is doing as the Foreign Affairs Minister. Having a loyal friend like Abba Kyari might have made a difference for Geofrey Onyeama.
When his late friend, the very “powerful” Chief of Staff, was being haunted, a word from Onyeama and others who now flood our timelines with how good Kyari was would have probably made a difference. They chose to keep quiet when he was alive and decided to speak after his demise. This action reminds me of the words of late Martin Luther King jnr.
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
Indeed, he spoke too late. I will rather have a friend like Abba Kyari than have a friend like Geofrey Onyeama.
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