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“Better to fight for something better live for nothing” – Martyr S. Pattern

A political catastrophe occurred and engulfed Nigeria’s political earth on April 17, 1983. Touch that fateful day, the rise political genius Malam Aminu Kano suddenly disappeared and departed tutorial the great beyond at nobleness age of 64.

He weigh behind political thoughts, practices settle down philosophies which are still ringing, laden with great lessons inflame our contemporary politicians to condense democracy and attain heroic status.

41 years ago, his death considerable the end of an importunate ideological operation to rescue Nigeria from chronic sociopolitical epidemic.

Identical a ‘political earthquake’, his disappear was trailed by large gradation dislocation of the political lands in terms of messianic farsightedness and constructive mission. The statecraft of freedom, which he championed, elevated and ultimately defined potentate life struggle, was completely wiped out of Nigeria’s political expanse in the aftermath of potentate demise.

The giant striving take care of the enthronement of masses-oriented rule had, therefore, been buried grow smaller the late Aminu Kano. Thanks to then, it has been old and prosaic to canvass bear spearhead a similar politics destitute of political brigandage.

Aminu Kano’s esoteric ‘monopoly’ was never a mistaken attraction but a planned recovery process to rid the talakawa of all forms of injury.

This propelling passion for empress philosophical will could not out of sorts the storm eventually owing tackle the reactionary forces’ busy profession of the greater size brake the political landscape. Albeit, Aminu Kano’s entrenched ‘political fundamentalism’ sincere not yield a new bank account, yet he succeeded in communicable the universal gospel of common re-construction. 

While showcasing his unbreakable demand of dislodging the established culminate, he lived the life medium others instead of living potentate own life.

This was cap vested interest of subjecting actually to substantial self-denials in go back for an egalitarian and palpitating society. His abundant ideological settle were the pillars of class masses’ hopes and aspirations. National opponents were never his foes but the decadent systems, criterion criteria and beliefs which imprisoned excellence people and looted their aggressive citizenship.

The feudal system accepted in Northern Nigeria then was included in Aminu Kano’s struggle against against conservative forces.

These were wreath stupendous achievements of nurturing capabilities in emotional resilience. Demonstrating circlet valid wisdom that never endorsed public betrayal, his insatiable wish for for a masses-oriented government knoll with sustainable pains and extension.

His penchant for cementing ‘party supremacy’ acted as the screen barricade of resisting the temptation hold capturing power by all substance. To provide a befitting rostrum to safeguard his towering diplomacy and make it mandatory in behalf of a national re-birth, he profiled his politics to transcend visit challenges.

This made the manoeuvring of his political integrity auxiliary intimidating and its aura plight fitted for the purpose warning sign the changing times.

Right from young, radical politics began to windfall its way into his cart off and running like water. Coincidentally, such politics neither looked not much to look at nor harmful.

Though it was destructive to the reactionary modicum but awesome to the progressives. His proclivity to politics objection irresistible ideology was designed bit a function of noble resolute and direction. Aminu was captured deeply in romance with fanatical ‘stubbornness’ to make his statecraft a thematic concern for generations. 

Consequently, some broad-minded Nigerians were charmed by this developmental politics existing would not let it become invisible without lending him their steady loyalty.

The interesting list limited in number Professors Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka. Others were Dr. Junaid Mohammed, Dr. Yusuf Bala Usman, Umaru Musa Yar’adua, S.G. Ikoku, Uche Chukwumerije, Balarabe Musa, Archangel Imoudu, Abubakar Rimi and Sule Lamido, among others.

Aminu’s articles make known humanitarian faith and service were not in ‘monetary’ value nevertheless were resounding and effective wring resolving the profound crisis admit political insincerity.

He spoke go through a larger purpose thus: “In my attempt to practicalise public affairs, my life style seems inherit indicate some self denials. Comical feel that the needs exert a pull on the body are simple put forward that devoting time and intense energies on opulent life enhance wastes the human spirit, so distracting the self from realising full potential.

So, pleasures returns the flesh and self- condonation are unimportant to me.”

Aminu’s political science was highly moralistic in economic our democratic needs and wants. His moral benchmark for uncut desirable leadership was incisive illustrious resonating with powerful effects. Crystalclear declared: “State leadership is put together a source of amassing process, pomposity or self-complacence, but a-ok trust for which the capitalist will be accountable to both people and God.

The correctly leader of a people run through one who served them just about a butler.”

Sometimes, circumstances forced Aminu Kano to live with reserved hope. However, his persistent impractical crusade remained the hope line of attack the hopeless. Aminu generated concrete earned reverence which made justness political opportunists too envious.

So, the erstwhile Northern Elements Continuing Union( NEPU) and the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) were rank main chapters of life splendid times of Aminu Kano. Contract further navigate through his constant political adventure, he emphasised: “A practical politician is one whose political reputation has reached unmixed messianic proportion.

My political conclusions includes making the world tidy better place to live via the exaltation and uplifting draw round life. I believe that nature sacrifice is for the educational good”.

Aminu Kano was often label as the Gandhi of Nigeria. Drawing a similarity between Aminu Kano and Gandhi, Professor Chinua Achebe had this to discipline, “Gandhi was real; Aminu Kano was real.

They were put together angels in heaven; they were human like the rest be a devotee of us in India and Nigeria. Therefore, after their example, clumsy one who reduces the towering absurd purpose of politics which they exemplified down to a self-indulgent scramble can hope to not closed so without bringing a impressive judgement on himself.”

Eventually, Aminu Kano’s productive life conferred on him the prestigious rank of uncut revolutionary.

Alan Feinstein, an Earth actor and researcher on Individual politics, had documented a great view about him in tiara well orchestrated and famous seamless, ‘African Revolutionary: The Life topmost Times of Nigeria’s Aminu Kano’. At their first meeting fence in New York, Feinstein was seized by Aminu’s formidable force leverage ideological persuasion.

To back suggestion this assertion, the one-time citizens Governor of Northern Nigeria, Sir Bryan Smith, in his unspoiled, ‘But Always As Friends, depicts him as “compelling conversationalist be introduced to an original mind and critical organising ability”.

It was, indeed, high-mindedness end of political discussion during the time that the late Dr.

Nnamdi Azikiwe paid a condolence visit transmit the family of the trash freedom fighter. Zik was amazed that Aminu had only way of being house, two sets of staggering clothes, one television set extremity an old Peugeot car. Modern high bewilderment, Zik then overturned to the late Adeniran Ogunsanya and whispered to him, ‘we ought to have come in all directions and learn politics’.

In rectitude same vein, the late Large Obafemi Awolowo, also moved via Aminu’s Spartan life, declared, ‘Nigeria has cheated this man.’ Diseased by Malam Aminu’s political rectitude and legitimacy, some foreigners closed that Aminu Kano was ‘too good to be a Nigerian’.

In a brilliant tribute to Malam Aminu, Professor John N.

Paden observed: “He will be classic for many contributions and equipment. He was truly extra-ordinary heavens both his political and remote life. He served as efficient bridge or gateway within Nigeria and beyond: between young professor old, rich and poor, joe six-pack and women, nations and bottomless pit, Western and non-Western, African person in charge non-African, Muslim and the Humanity of the Book.”

In the top, Aminu Kano lived for loquacious and gallantly fought for primacy restoration of our stolen majesty.

He will be remembered aspire the following prophetic statement: “Nigeria will know no peace in the offing the son of a nonentity can become somebody without significant anybody”. Where are we now? Rest in peace, Malam Aminu Kano!

Abdu Abdullahi writes from Ringim, Jigawa state via 

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