Nigeria, May 8 -- There is a new political obsession in Nigeria, and it is not hard to see through the smokescreen. It is the growing campaign to pressure Atiku Abubakar into stepping aside from future presidential elections. This pressure, subtle at times and overt in others, has become a convenient rallying cry for a lazy brand of political entitlement. Some are disguising this under the banner of generational change or regional balance, but when you strip away the rhetoric, what remains is fear. Plain, simple fear. The narrative being peddled is that Atiku should not run again because it is time for someone else. But that idea falls apart under the weight of any serious reasoning. Since when did democracy work by asking competent conte...