"I still don't understand. A distinguished senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is accused of a crime and she scampers into hiding like a cornered rat rather than rush to clear her name."
"Maybe she considers her personal safety more important than the name. In any case, her lawyers say that she is not hiding; they say that she is challenging the court's jurisdiction and that she will soon get an injunction to stop the trial. It is only when the court says that she has a case to answer that she will emerge".
"Lawyers! The ease with which they get all sorts of funny injunctions these days ... members of the honourable profession seem always too eager to prostitute their intellect". "But sincerely, this senator's many escapades gives one a sense of deja vu. It's as if we haven't learnt anything and have forgotten everything. No progress whatever. History is surely repeating itself".
"How is that?"
"Sebi you were in this country nine years ago when her father became Head of State. We were told then that his predecessors were the worst thing to have ever happened to Nigeria; the family of one late president, were being hounded from court to court and country to country to recover Nigeria's wealth allegedly stolen by their late father. That family was so bitterly humiliated that even their prosecutors felt sorry for them in fact, some of those cases are still in court!"
"I suppose that explains why this ex first daughter has now become a fugitive. She doesn't want history to repeat itself over her. Imagine, to be put in the dock to disprove her criminality like a common citizen, when, for over eight years, she was in the laps of absolute power. Her father was even hailed as 'the father of modern Nigeria, the messiah who alone they said, could and should rule Nigeria forever".
"No wonder they apparently turned the country to a personal fiefdom. I mean, is she not the same one implicated in the multi-billion Naira Schneider IPP scandal?" "And they say that there are many more exposes to come. With the revelations oozing from that reign, their family name is fast becoming a synonym for corruption. "
"I even hear that the $16billion looted power funds and the FCDA mess are only tips of the iceberg; that messier scandals will be revealed once the probe of the petroleum sector begins" "Its amazing, to think that it's just about one year since that family lost power. I mean, the ways of the Almighty are truly inscrutable. Just imagine, Gani Fawehinmi has been out of public glare for over a year he is ill and in hospital abroad, yet all the newspapers are full of congratulatory messages, editorials and books are being written in his honour all over the place to mark his 70th birthday. But not one acolyte of the 'father of modern Nigeria' is bold enough to even make an unequivocal public statement in his defence".
"But the runaway senator says that she's being vilified by those who lost out during her father's reformative regime". "Somebody should show her the epitaph of that administration written by no other than the US government. They say that his government was 'a dictatorial entity that was characterised by arbitrary interference with citizen's privacy, infringement of their rights and regular suppression of the opposition".
"Don't mind those hypocrites. Were they not his friends until it became obvious they were backing the wrong horse?" "But I hear that her co-senators have absolved her of blame in the matter. That means that we should now let sleeping dogs lie". "Yes, and we're supposed to take them seriously, truly distinguished members of that same "hallowed chambers" that one of them said is infested with rogues and 419ners"
"I don't blame the lawmakers though, I hear each Rep. collects an average of NI2miliion per month, with over N6.23billion for their lunch and about N2.8billion for cars. You can imagine what the senators, their senior brothers, get. When you get that kind of money for representing the people, you can afford to overlook anything ... "
"No wonder they physically attack themselves in their Houses of Assembly, just to control the leadership - you should have seen the Delta State Assembly when they removed their speaker last week. It was hilarious. They actually switched off the man's microphone, collapsed the chair from under him and then dragged him out by his agbada. In the open chamber and in the full glare of television cameras, Even motorpark touts demonstrate more finesse"
"Maybe it's that kind of treatment that the former first daughter is afraid of ... " " ... being treated like a rogue, or being identified as one?" "I don't know about that o! All I know is that we are dealing with distinguished senators and honourable representatives." "Indeed".
This article was culled from the publications of Deen Communication Limited