Two controversial issues that had dominated the political space in the past two weeks border on the travails of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, in the hands of the Department Of State Services (DSS) and the search of the aircraft of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, by security operatives. These two episodes generated storms, albeit in different ways.
First was the detention of Oshiomhole; news filtered in that the APC national chairman was detained and interrogated by the DSS on the party primaries. Most Nigerians, tried as much as possible to fathom the essence of DSS’ involvement in the primaries of a political party. While the grilling drama lasted, puzzling questions begged for answers on the lips of keen watchers: does the DSS have the right to investigate whether bribe was given to or taken from a chairman of a party? Bribery may be a corrupt practice but how does it constitute…
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