The other day, the pictures of a frail and moron-looking Governor of Taraba State, Danfulani Suntai, was being released by a cabal in his administration with one of his new babies almost tucked in between his armpit while being supported with two arms at the back. D reason at d time was to prevent his deputy from being sworn in. Suntai was alleged to have suffered severe brain damage after the plane crash, yet d cabal in his govt had to "package" him in photographs to convince people all was well with d ailing governor. They wanted a brain-damaged man be allowed to continue to "govern" a state in proxy!
It would be recalled same thing happened in Yar'dua days.
Sillivan Chime of Enugu State left d pple of his State for more than 3months while battling illness abroad not until d people decided to stage a protest demanding d whereabout of their governor that his whereabout was made public. Liyel had same problem with his people..
Question is, why do Nigerian leaders always resort to this desperate measures to cling to power endlessly even when they're unfit healthwise?
I believe the resignation story of Pope Benedict XVI would make them have a re-think. Here is man, a former professor of theology at d University of Tuebingen, Germany, who felt his health was deteriorating, yet he needed to carry out his duties of being d leaders of more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide. The only option he considered appropriate was to resign.
Fact is, many of our leaders have weak bodies but greedy minds!
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