Premium Times Facebook friends find a face for who the “ordinary man” is in Nigeria.
Danbaba Sutai, the governor of Taraba state who survived a plane crash in Yola responded well to local treatment; yet, he was flown to Germany for medical treatment.
If he was an “ordinary man” he would have been discharged in the Yola specialist hospital where he received medical treatment, the Adamawa Police Commissioner said shortly after visiting the governor in his hospital bed.
Many Nigerians wondered who the “ordinary man” in Nigeria is and PREMIUM TIMES sought explanations of who is “ordinary” in Nigeria from our Facebook friends.
Here are a few of the explanations we got.
Becky Nwusulor “Ordinary Nigerian is the ones who are not in power. The ones who their voices are not hard”.
Amu Adekunle “‘Ordinary Man’ ?…Those Not In Power”.
Bukar Alibe “We masses a ordinary our life is nothing in hands of 9ja leaders and their securities personnel”.
Ogunleye Olusegun “The fact that he is a governor and owns a private jet makes him extra-ordinary by Nigerian standard. But, because he could have an accident and get injured means that for all their ill-gotten wealth and prestige bequeathed by power, they are still subject to human frailties”.
Nonye Casler Eze “The Ordinary Nigerian is you and I”.
Uzuegbu Ifeanyi K “The ordinary men are the five with him who are still receiving treatment in Nigeria”.
Mohammed Raji Suleiman “It was the so called common man that found and save the life of the mighty Gov”.
Chidi Cali “A governor of state is not an ordinary man. Though that is not enough for them to ignore our local medical system”.
Habu Shinga “We the masses, that’s what he is referring to.
Which of these definitions of “ordinary Nigerian” do you agree with?
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