Nigeria, July 26 -- It is with utmost reluctance that I write this posthumous epistle about former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed on in a London hospital on Sunday, 13 July, after what was described as a "prolonged illness." My initial reluctance was within of the popular saying that "you do not speak ill about the dead." True, you do not only speak ill of the dead but also of the living. But upon realising that it is a duty to country and God, the imperative of speaking the truth of the living and especially of the dead, no matter how unpalatable, uncomfortable or bitter, I overcame my reluctance. And speaking the truth about our political leaders (living or dead) is a sacred duty that is incumbent upon every patriot who seeks th...