By Joel Dappa

Nigeria is a nation that devours its own. Goodluck Jonathan and Siminalayi Fubara prove it. Both are South-South minorities, career civil servants thrust by fate into leadership ? Jonathan as president, Fubara as Rivers State governor. Neither sought power; power found them. And both collided with a system hostile to decency and progress.

Jonathan, a zoologist turned president, inherited a fractured Nigeria in 2010. Na?ve in politics, he faced insurgency and corruption, only to lose in a 2015 election tainted by rigging allegations. Fubara, a highly competent Permanent Secretary, became governor in 2023 amid public exhaustion with thuggery and theft. He aimed to redirect Rivers? wealth to its people, but now battles a political siege echoing Jonathan?s fate. Nigeria happened to them ? its chaos, cabals, and cynicism.

Both men share a desire to better society, yet face sabotage. Jonathan?s story ended in regret; Fubara?s hangs is currently in the balance. We can still save him and inadvertently ourselves.

?Nigeria will be better? is a tired refrain; bettering Nigeria is our task, now. Citizens must rise, demand accountability, and reject the status quo. International oil companies profiting from Rivers State must urge their governments to intervene ? this crisis ripples globally.

Fubara must not join the infamy of Nigerian politics. Nigerians, and all who cherish progress, must say: Enough.

The judiciary, media, and global community must act. We can?t let Nigeria happen to us again. Let?s happen to Nigeria before it?s too late.

?Joel Dappa is the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Nigeria Today Newspapers, Lagos.

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