“This world is a comedy to those who think; a tragedy to those who feel”. Horace Walpole, 1676-1745.

HE personally authorized the disbursement of N50m for 109 senators then, as well as other sums of money, which amounted to an excess of N8b to pass the third term bill into law”.

“Money makes everything legitimate; including bastards”.Jewish proverb. (VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS p 163).
And in no country is that statement truer than in Nigeria. Given loads and loads of cash, a certificate forger can be given an award, nay several awards, for integrity. It has happened before. It will happen again.

When the new acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, first ordered the numerous police check-points, nationwide, to be dismantled, few people believed him. To be candid, I never did; and for good reason. Every IGP since Babangida’s administration, had announced that those illegal and shameless toll gates be removed – without success.

When Abacha died on June 7, 1998, the world changed suddenly for a lot of people. But, for one man, Major Al-Mustapha, the world as he knew it for over four years, as Abacha’s Chief Security Officer, came to a disastrous end. For a man who headed our intelligence outfit, it was shocking that he failed to understand that he was in mortal danger. So, on Sunday, July 12, 1998, I had published the article below on this very page. If, I may say so myself, the accuracy of the prediction, after the death sentence passed on Mustapha amazed me. Read on.