The Lamentations of A Lost Generation Vol. 2
When Muhammadu Buhari imprisoned two journalists, Tunde Thomson and Nduka Irabor on July 4, 1984 for publishing a story that the government felt was embarrassing, it was painful but understandable because Buhari ruled as a military dictator. When Ibrahim Babangida rolled out his Decree No 43 of 1993 to muzzle the press with very rigorous registration guidelines, it was painful but understandable because Babangida also ruled as a military dictator. When Sani Abacha came with his sledge hammer and padlock to knock down all the private media houses and put all the journalists who refused to sing his praises behind prison bars and locked them up, there was a palpable uproar that the end of the press and journalism had finally come. Yet, it was still understandable because Abacha ruled as a military dictator. However, when security operatives began to pounce on the press and on journalists under President Obasanjo’s watch and in a democratic arrangement, it became difficult for Nigerians to understand why and how that came to be. The clampdown became even more confounding when people began to think of the fact that Obasanjo would not have come out of Abacha’s gulag alive but for the undaunted role the press played in his defence. Such is one of the bitter ironies of life. Yesterday’s hunted and victim has become today’s hunter and victimizer, chasing after those who saved his life from the jaw of death. This and many more of the things bothering Nigerians about Obasanjo’s leadership form the theme of this book – The Lamentations of a Lost Generation.
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