When the Chinese want to curse you they say "May you live in interesting times," or some words to that effect. It is hard, if not impossible, to dispute the fact that these are indeed interesting times in Nigeria, as in much of the world, where impunity seems to have become the bye-word for politics.
Politicians everywhere lie a lot and all too often try to cut corners. But in few countries, if any, do they do so with so much impunity as in Nigeria. Worse still, ours seems to be a country where, not only does impunity, by definition, attract no punishment but, on the contrary, is even rewarded.
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