Politics as Dashed Hopes in Nigeria

Politics as Dashed Hopes in Nigeria details the
experiences of the author, who ran a gubernatorial campaign for the
Congress for Progressive Change in Kano State, in 2011, with the
politics within the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), leading to
the 2011 elections in Nigeria, particularly in Kano State and Nigeria’s
presidency. The book reveals the inner workings of the CPC and the
intriguing drama that unfolded within its inner caucus discusses the
tactical blunders and errors of judgement which were responsible for the
party’s unimpressive performance in the 2011 polls in Kano State in
particular and the nation at large. These accounts are also the story of
the then leader of the CPC, General Muhammadu Buhari, whose image
loomed large in the activities of the party; the idea of the existence
of a cult-figure in Nigerian politics, versus the concept of due process
in political party administration, is, therefore, an issue of paramount
interest to the book.