One day, the late Abiola was given the newspapers and a security officer, following orders from the above, moved to retrieve the papers from him, apparently in line with the directive given him, the late Abiola held on tenaciously to the papers until he broke his back in the scuffle that ensued. It was not clear if he recovered from that encounter until he died in controversial circumstance in July 1998.

One of such that would have presented Buhari as being mean, but which could have demonstrated to Nigerians that he meant business, was to have disinfected himself from some political contaminants.  That way, he would have signposted the seriousness of his commitment to fighting corruption