The late civil rights crusader, Malcolm X once remarked that Revolution is bloody and hostile and knows no compromise. It overturns and destroys everything that gets in its way . More so the legendary late Chairman Mao of China also observed that Revolution is not a tea party because it is always watered with the blood of martyrs . In truth, the fear of revolution is the beginning of political wisdom. For some time now, Nigerians are being treated to daily lectures from some of the countrys politicians on the likelihood of a violent revolution if nothing is done to arrest the ongoing perceived drift of the nation. Such dire warnings from self styled messiahs are informed by the parlous state of the economy and consequence of inducing a cataclysm, the type that is now engulfing the Arab world. Surprisingly, those at forefront of this lecture circuit are former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and his successor, President Goodluck Jonathan