By
Eddy Aghanenu
The macabre dance can never cease in Nigeria. The political drama is getting more interesting by the day. The political intrigues are getting hotter with the passing of each day
Everyday brings in new definition of democracy. New concepts of democracy are emerging every day. Take the recent happenings in Ogun State. It is the state of the exponent of ‘do or die’ politics, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. It is also the state of the Speaker of House of Representative, Dimeji Bankole.
It is in this state that the unusual took place. In the early hours of Monday, 6th September, 2010, eight members of the state House of Assembly broke into the hallowed chambers with a borrowed mace and ‘impeached’ the Speaker and suspended fourteen others. Not done yet, in a matter of minutes, some controversial financial bills sent to the House by the Executive, were hurriedly passed. The bills were previously rejected by the House of Assembly. You can say it is the hand of Esau but the voice of Jacob.
The minority has won, but it is a pyrrhic victory. It is only in Nigeria that this can happen. This is what the nation gets when political representatives are selected and not elected. The drama of the absurd is still on. Governance has gone to sleep and the people are irrelevant in this show of shame.
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