Nigeria: Murtala Nyako Needn't Go to Court

I was away from Nigeria last week but didn't miss much of the drama which the Adamawa legislators described as the impeachment of their Governor, Admiral Murtala Nyako.

I give much of the credit of my knowledge of the events to technology. However, my familiarity with our convoluted type of democracy had made it easy for me to forecast, with a large measure of accuracy, the outcome of the drama. Nyako could not have made it because his legislators' appetite for materialism had grown beyond the ousted governor's capacity. In other words, the issue was not whether or not Nyako committed any of the offences he was accused of. He may even have done worse than was alleged and could also have been entirely innocent of all or some of the charges. None of these is relevant in any impeachment exercise in Nigeria. As far as the subject is concerned, what normally matters is what best serves the material interest of those who for the time being are our law makers especially at state level.

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