Nigeria: Carry Go, PDP

28 March 2012
opinion

Foolish Senegalese, with their beautifully dyed and ever-flowing gowns (the Americans call it nightgowns), they have isolated themselves from the rest of Africa. Abdoulaye Wade came to salvage the country, they gave him their massive votes and he became the President.

Then, he realised, according to an interview he had with the Beeb, that he was about to break an old tradition (the shortest ruler of Senegal ruled for 20 years). And who told him that he is too old (officially 80 years and 36 months); so, the man sniggered at the advice given to him by his 'younger brother' the Wizard of Ota. In December last year, he sent some wonderful egunje to the Constitutional Court, including limousines and wads (no pun intended) of cash. It worked, suddenly, the members of the court, Senegal's highest authority on elections, agreed with his aged interpretation of the doctrine of statute of amendment - that an incumbent is not bound by any amendment entered into during his tenure, even if he instigated it for populism.

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