Before the calls came there was the joke we were cracking with Tunji Babalola acting Executive secretary of the NPL who had voted during the elections. We said to him that he also stood accused and was likely to be picked up.

The Obasanjo, Yar’Adua and Jonathan administrations have all decried what they consider to be the unnecessary and stifling burden placed on the economy by government’s increasing subsidy on the price of petrol.

The way we are preparing to celebrate 50 years of our independence, I want to be proved wrong that we are not seriously hoping that October 1, 2010 would be a destination, not a bus stop. A destination is the end of a journey.

For the sake of those who might not be familiar with the way trouble started let me quickly summarise. Mrs Jonathan was a guest of the people of Okrika because she is (emphasis mine because this has an important bearing on the case) an indigene of Okrika. As protocol, or “apple polishing”, demanded, the Governor accompanied her and even planned a dinner for her after the visit to Okrika.

In Luke 10:5 when Jesus sent out his disciples two by two, He told them that whatever house they enter, they must first say ‘peace to this house’. This brings my thought to family violence. How many homes experience peace?