Matthew Kukah and Banditry That Is Nigerian Politics - Festus Adedayo

In the last few weeks or so, the blood pressure of Nigeria must have risen tremendously. Though it is a quadrennial affair, this year’s ritual of ascendancy to political offices by Nigerian politicians has generated so many flakes. As usual, the fever of politics has caught every Nigerian, irrespective of their profession. Bankers, journalists, lawyers, doctors, etc. are interested in who is vying for what election at the local, state and national levels. This is a time when it dawns on all Nigerians that we are all political animals, irrespective of our persuasions, as theorised by political scientists. Perhaps what we are gradually but grippingly realising is the statement by late Jamaican reggae musician, Peter Tosh that though we are not politicians, we suffer the consequences of politics largely.

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