If the above is the thesis of Amuta’s essay, can that essay be read as the warning of a watchman? Can Amuta be read as a message to one member of the political class who by past conduct can understand the message and transmit it to the PDP leadership? Such interpretation of the essay is supported by Amuta’s description of the Nigerian political situation and of the aptitude of Ojo Maduekwe whom Amuta presents in these words.

Dr. Asogun, a Consultant Surgeon and Head of Department of Surgery, Central Hospital, Benin City, and Medical Director of Asogun Specialist Clinic, Benin, was abducted by unknown gunmen while attending to a patient in his clinic.
Family sources told newsmen on the telephone that the kidnappers allowed them to speak with the doctor for a few minutes before the ransom demand was made.

The senator disclosed this while laying the foundation stone for the building of a library and computer centre estimated at about N35 million in Calabar, Cross River State .

Acting Managing Director of the Commission, Mr. Power Aginighan, who made the appeal yesterday in Port Harcourt during the commissioning of a health centre built and furnished by the Commission for Tereama community, Port Harcourt, said militants should see the amnesty offer as an opportunity to be properly reintegrated into society, so they could also be active players in the drive to develop the region.

It read: “That the relocation of the Petroleum University from Delta to Kaduna State is unacceptable by Niger-Delta students, as it is against the 7-point agenda and no excuse is genuine enough for the relocation, therefore, it should be returned without any further delay.