After the Nigeria's Election: A new Song from the North

Shamsuddeen Usman:

The northern Nigerian elites know how to tell their fellow countrymen to go to hell, especially when they have gotten what they wanted. In doing so, they won’t care whose ox is gored.

In fact, before the Nigerian presidential election, the song by the common people of northern Nigeria was Sai Buhari; whatever that means. But after the election, the northern elites are singing some new songs:

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