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Tafara Shumba Correspondent
The exposé of Sahara TV by the public media answered many questions that were begging for answers in our minds. Many of us had concluded that the crew are not bonafide journalists.
People are now in the know that Sahara TV is a creation of the US with the sole purpose of embarrassing African heads of state and government perceived to be a threat to the imperialist interests.
It is part of the West’s grand project of harassing African leaders; particularly President Mugabe.
It all started in Zambia where the West rented a handful crowd of the supporters of the losing party, the United Party for National Development (UPND), to stage a “Mugabe must go demonstration” at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Lusaka.
The demonstration was, however, drowned by the uproarious welcome given to the African icon by over 40 000 Zambians who thronged the National Heroes Stadium for President Edgar Lungu’s inauguration.
They even vowed to continue unleashing such harassment on President Mugabe on every foreign trip.
True to their word, they were at it in Nigeria.
These hired thugs might try it again in South Africa.
Therefore, the South African authority must put proactive measures to guard against that unruly aggressive behaviour.
Now that we know the genesis of Sahara TV, the behaviour exhibited by Adeola Fayehun during the inauguration of the Nigerian President, Muhammad Buhari is, therefore, not surprising.
Journalists, as we know them, mirror what happens in society.
In doing so, they do not inject their personal opinions into their reportage.
They report objectively.
What Fayehun and her colleagues exhibited shows that the crew was not in pursuit of news.
People are made to believe that Fayehun is a holder of a Master’s Degree in Journalism from a university in America.
That explains the origin of the cheeky behaviour of the unfortunate girl who provided herself as a willing tool in the regime change agenda of the West, for her supper of course.
Most Zimbabweans first heard of Fayehun when she attacked the First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe when she obtained her doctorate degree.
In doing that, she also scorned the Zimbabwean education system, saying one can effortlessly get a doctorate degree in three months.
She exposed herself as an uninformed journalist.
She failed to appreciate that Zimbabwe prides itself on its exceptional literacy, for it shines with the highest rate in Africa.
It does not only lead the pack in the continental ranking for literacy rate, but produces graduates who have accounted themselves well across the globe.
After a short stint at the local university, Fayehun dropped out and preferred to obtain a degree in America where even a school dropout from Zimbabwe can successfully complete a degree.
She is a half-baked graduate who did not even master the basics of journalism. Her questions betrayed her.
So for her to lecture about the educational standards of Zimbabwe is like a whore preaching virtue.
President Mugabe ignored her questions for they were just stupid, unprofessional and unintelligible.
“When will there be change in Zimbabwe just like we are having in Nigeria?” “Mr President, don’t you think it’s time to step down sir?”
These were part of the rubbish that the Nigerian authority allowed the President to be treated with by the activists masked in scribes’ robes.
The President was besieged with a barrage of provocative questions in apparent contempt of not only the head of state, but also a chairperson of the continental bloc.
She also asked about term limits in Zimbabwe, a question that completely exposed her and showed that she is not a well-read street woman.
Even those who commissioned such a project with a view to embarrassing President Mugabe must have felt betrayed.
She should have done her homework on Zimbabwe before showcasing her ignorance in public.
Zimbabwe has a Constitution that it follows to the dot. There are term limits and that of President Mugabe comes to an end in 2023.
Zimbabwe has been consistently holding democratic elections since 1980 and some of the poll results have been endorsed by, among others, a Nigerian former president Olosegun Obasanjo.
The issue of term limits is a very simple matter that Fayehun should have acquainted herself with before approaching the revolutionary and learned African leader.
The imbecile Fayehun must find time to visit Zimbabwe to get answers for her dim-witted questions.
Her questions can only make sense if they are directed to the Zimbabwean electorate for they are the ones who decide when a leader should be changed.
President Mugabe does not vote for himself into power.
The people of Zimbabwe do.
So whose interests does Fayehun attempt to advance?
Zimbabweans are happy with the leadership of President Mugabe.
The fact that they resoundingly voted for him in the 2013 plebiscites is a show of confidence in his leadership.
Yes, they are having a change of leadership in Nigeria but the change came from the ballot.
That is what democracy dictates.
Fayehun and those of like mind must also let Zimbabwe change its leadership through the ballot, the only democratic process that Zimbabweans know.
Unlike Nigerians, Zimbabweans do not believe in coup d’états as a method of regime change.
Many people think that the Sahara (or is it Saharassment) TV crew should have asked the African Chair some questions that pertain their terrorism inflicted country.
To assist this bunch of clueless journalists, questions that were more pertinent include how Africa is going to help out Nigerian government to eradicate terrorism, Boko Haram in particular which is hard-heartedly butchering defenceless villagers, mostly women and children.
It could have made sense if they had demanded to know from the Nigerian authority why they are importing gas and petroleum products when the country is the largest oil producing country in Africa.
Despite this natural endowment, Nigeria is hit by fuel shortages.
Perhaps the journalists would have assisted the populous nation if they had accorded the African icon, an opportunity to lecture their new President on how he could deracialise their economy for the benefit of the general populace.
Unless the Nigerian government had a hand in the thuggish attempt to embarrass President Mugabe, the activists must be chastised and a public apology is not an option.
The incident must be an eye-opener for the Nigerian government.
They cannot allow a head of state and chairperson of the African Union to be subjected to hooliganism of that magnitude.
Surely, a President cannot walk for that distance in the escort of yobs, more so in a country whose security is fragile.
Sahara TV crew must ask their compatriots, who are living in Zimbabwe, about the hospitality they enjoy here despite the nefarious activities some engage in.
Zimbabwe also gives first class protection to every visiting head of state.
That gesture must be reciprocated. Nigeria must not leave a room for suspicion that will culminate into concluding that they had a hand in all what happened. They must not give credence to the long held perception that they are lower than a snake’s belly.
Whatever happened, President Mugabe remains a hero, statesman, role model, Pan-Africanist, great teacher, revolutionary, diplomat and father of Africa.
The Ndau people would say “hatibvi munjira ngedutu,” meaning they cannot be swayed by issues of no consequence.
President Mugabe is our hero who, like an elephant, would not stop because there is a barking puppy like Fayehun.
Online Reporter