Dr. IBRAHIM TAHIR PhD (Cantab): 14 YEARS OF AN IRREPLACEABLE LOSS, AND AN UNFILLABLE VACUUM
By Tahir Ibrahim Tahir (Talban Bauchi) In the 2007 former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration's constitutional conference, which was generally perceived as a thinly veiled attempt at a third term, Dr. Ibrahim Tahir Talban Bauchi late, was one of the delegates who vehemently stood against that agenda, and prevented a monarchical style of governance, where a dictator, under whatever pseudo-nomenclature, would hold onto power endlessly, till thy kingdom come. That type of phenomenon has continued to haunt our democracy where those exiting power, indulge in a primitive attempt at governance from the sidelines, which has almost always derailed government policy and implementation. Dr. Tahir represented the Islamic Caliphate, as a delegate from the Sultanate, as his name was conspicuously missing from the delegates from Bauchi State. Dr Tahir's albatross was his intellect, oratory and aura that was enviable and intimidating. Abdullahi Yelwa, a journalist ...