Steve Osuji’s 2027 Prophetic Fantasy
Guest columnist By Sunday Dare There is a distinct, exhausting genre of Nigerian commentary that mistakes cynicism for sophistication, bitter partisanship for objective analysis, and venom for editorial depth. Steve
Steve Osuji’s 2027 prophetic fantasy is a quintessential example of Nigerian commentary that conflates cynicism with sophistication, bitter partisanship with objective analysis, and venom with editorial depth. Osuji’s intervention on the presidential landscape in 2027 epitomizes this tired trope, replete with condescension, hyperbole, and disdain for institutional reality.
He paints an apocalyptic picture of an imperiled incumbent and an infallible, messianic opposition, yet upon stripping away the purple prose, partisan hero-worship, and unfounded insinuations, his thesis unravels into a hollow exercise in wishful thinking.
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