THE proceedings at the Court of Appeal, Enugu which gave rise to the court’s nullification of the election of Senator Andy Uba who represents Anambra South Senatorial district in the Senate are still puzzling.

NIGERIA with a total land area of 356667 square miles and an estimated population of 167 million people according to the international security indicators requires about 2-4 policemen per 1000 population; a minimum of 334,000 to 668,000 policemen to effectively maintain law and order under normal circumstances.

A LOT has been written about Chief Godswill Akpabio and his uncommon transformation of Akwa Ibom since he mounted the saddle four and a half years ago as the Governor.

The culture of losers filing petitions against the result of elections announced by different electoral bodies in Nigeria since Independence has taken very deep root and it is very doubtful whether there is anything in the offing that will negate this habit. I am not aware of any serious or concerted effort by political scientists or sociologists to study the cause or effect of election petitions.

AT the close of the titanic event on Monday January 23, 2012, following the outcome of the governorship primaries of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State commonly referred to as The People’s Paradise, the ambition of Ambassador Soni Abang to dislodge Senator Liyel Imoke from the Diamond Hill Government House, Calabar turned into a nightmare.