Nigeria: Impeachment Is a Dangerous Game

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The last time I wrote something on this page about Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Hammanyero Nyako, it was to totally disagree with him over the paper he delivered at a seminar in Washington, DC. He said in it that he suspected the Federal Government and President Goodluck Jonathan of sponsoring the Boko Haram insurgency that has ravaged many Northern states. Nyako followed up on that lecture with a memo that he wrote to fellow Northern governors in which he reiterated the sensational allegation and even elaborated on it.

My own take on both papers was that Nyako did not adduce tangible proof to support the very serious allegation that he made against the Federal Government. Just as the latter did not take kindly to his charges, Nyako's supporters did not take kindly to my stance. I received several text messages accusing me of either being paid by the presidency to attack Nyako or of having an inordinate hatred of him. Both charges were untrue, as far as I know.

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