By Dr Ugoji Egbujo
Sometimes you can’t hold back laughter. A governor is caught on tape stuffing his agbada with dollars. The dollars are bribe money supplied by contractors. So the talebearer said. The governor gives only a tepid denial. Then a more damning tape surfaces.
The governor doesn’t weep. He doesn’t call on God to send fire on his enemies. He refuses to appear before a committee of the State House of Assembly investigating the scandal. The House accepts evidence from his representative. The governor is too busy to attend.
We know state legislatures are rubber stamps. But this rubber stamp had started out so boldly. It could have found a little rascality to compel the governor’s appearance. Kano likes sharia. Kano parades a multitude of sharia policemen. But Kano has taken this insult, this sin, on the chin. The city is quiet.
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