Those who still argue that the time is too short to organise anything effective on the political front must remind themselves that the entire Abdusalami transition took just eleven months.

When time is up, then time is up. And today's bulwark of oppression, the herdsmen, just like Sani Abacha's Strike Force - and today's parties, just like Abacha's "five leprous fingers" - will simply melt away in the face of superior power!