Nigeria is a funny country, we cry when we are supposed to be quiet, while we keep quiet when we are supposed to cry. I see no end to Nigeria’s problems. In 1999, the Speaker of House of Representatives, Salisu Buhari, was forced to resign and later prosecuted on two-count charge of falsification of date of birth and forgery of Toronto University’s certificate. Even when the 360 members of the lower legislative chamber, voted that Salisu be forgiven, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo-led Federal Executive still prosecuted him. The same Chief Obasanjo later gave us controversial stories about his own date of birth. On page three of his book, My Watch, Chief Obasanjo admitted that: ‘Normally, in the illiterate communities of those days, significant general or special events were used to date personal or family events.’ He was trying to tell the whole world that it was difficult to accurately determine his own date of birth. However, he had the conscience and temerity to prosec...
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