Nigeria: Femi Otedola Vs Farouk Lawan

25 June 2012
opinion

Boxing enthusiasts will associate the above with the title of a fight contest, while our learned gentlemen may expect a legal confrontation; either way, Nigerians will laugh and cry at the same time at the unfolding drama between the oil magnate, Femi Otedola, on the one hand and the consummate legislator, Farouk Lawan, on the other.

The contest is all about integrity; but it is glaringly becoming difficult to pick an ultimate champion. The Farouk Lawan group altruistically positioned themselves to catch a thief, but somehow, the chief hunter appears to have been caught in the trap of the hunted.

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