Nigerians got more than enough in the way of quotes from the political arena this year. 2017 has been a rollercoaster year for Nigerian politics.Much of it started with President Muhammadu Buhari’s medical vacation in London which led to strains between the executive and the legislature.Several public officers also went at loggerheads with each other to…assume dominance?Out of the rubble of all that drama comes a few gems that defined Nigerian politics in 2017:1. “I was distressed to notice that some of the comments, especially in the social media have crossed our national red lines by daring to question our collective existence as a nation. This is a step too far.” – President Muhammadu BuhariAfter his return from his second medical trip to London that took 103 days, President Buhari returned to rebuke Nigerians’ irreverent use of social media to make reckless comments.Whether he intended it or not, he made “national red lines” a catchphrase that’ll be remembered for a while.2.
