ARE you one of those clapping for President Muhammadu Buhari for the “sting” operations of the Directorate of State Services, DSS, over the past weekend? Many Nigerians say they are happy that the President “picked the courage” to go against these high and mighty lords of the Bench in a way totally unprecedented in the history of Nigeria. Oh yeah?

IN his suave, genteel, self-effacing stride, and maybe even in his judicial worldview, he seemed like a judge who preferred that ‘settled judicial waters’ be left undisturbed. And why, by the way, should ‘settled judicial waters’ not be left undisturbed?

What type of corruption is Buhari fighting when he shut his eyes to allegations of budget padding, gets cosy with the ‘budget rats’ and ‘padders’, gets reprieve for those he wanted prosecuted for forging house rules but keeps Sambo Dasuki in jail?

How does a judge, earning what he or she does, find himself (or herself) in possession of millions in foreign currency?

WARRI was always a vibrant town. Its use of pidgin language is unique and you could see glimpses of what it might have been if the oil companies had not pulled out. The result is a town nearly going to seed. It is consumed by internecine politics among the Itsekiris, Urhobos and Ijaws, all of whom own or claim various parts of Warri. The few oil workers remaining there are heavily protected by Police and the military, whose presence is massive.