I have always said if Oshiomhole’s mentor (Lucky Igbinedion) represents the worst regime the state has ever had, Oshiomhole could as well be described as the worst omen ever of a looming disaster that is waiting to happen in Edo State, except there is a divine intervention.

Biafra ended in January 1970. That is 41 years ago. But the temptation to draw public attention to a striking similarity it shares with today’s Nigeria is irresistible.

There can never be an endto sloganeering in the ambience of politicking and political contestations in Nigeria. “No man is God”, a slogan that dominated the political space in Edo State on the heels of the 2003 governorship election victory by Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion, was a creation of the Grace Group, a dissident political group within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo, funded by Igbinedion.

Overtime, majority of African public health laboratories delivered sub-optimal services and were not in a position to contribute to quality health system as most performed poorly, hindered by dilapidated infrastructures, poor development and implementation of quality management systems. Functioning laboratories are essential to identify a disease, ensure patients get the correct treatments and allow resistance to be tracked.

With the partisan, vociferous solidarity of Nigerian Bar Association, Civil Society Organisations, vocal lawyers, activists, journalists, students, public affairs commentators, politicians, etc., for Justice Isa Ayo Salami, the suspended President of the Court of Appeal; taking a contrary stance on the matter would appear somewhat ill-advisedly suicidal.