It became clear to all that the Nigerian Constitution did not envisage nor provided for the eventuality of death of a candidate at an election, who was on the verge of winning, but had not been proclaimed.

For too long, Nigeria placed all her reliance on revenue from oil. But so soon, we have reached a point where oil is now receiving a bashing from every direction – the price is plummeting; the vandals are stealing a good part of the oil we produce; and the little that is left by the oil thieves, no one wants to buy. Triple tragedy!

Once the candidates for the controversial Kogi State governorship election emerged from the primaries of the two main political parties – the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC, most analysts concluded that cruel fate had foisted two irredeemably horrible choices on Kogites.

Nigeria’s criminal justice system has often been criticised and ridiculed for its inability to secure convictions, particularly for offences perpetuated by high profile individuals. Yet, one recalls the case of a young man, Kelvin Ighodalo, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for stealing Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s N50,000 Sony Ericsson phone.

Terrorists have killed no less than 10, 000 Nigerians, while two million others have been displaced since the beginning of the Boko Haram insurgency in 2009. The preceding statistics were provided by President Muhammadu Buhari in the course of his speech during the Queen’s Banquet at the Commonwealth Head of Governments Meeting in Malta last week.