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Masters of the Universe<br>
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(first published 14.11.09 in The Vanguard Newspaper)</div>
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I recently finished reading ‘The Law, The Lawyers & The Lawless’, a fascinating book by Dele Ogun a Solicitor based in the UK. In one of the chapters he describes an encounter with the ‘masters of the universe’. He was on a tour of the stately home of George Washington, the founding president of America, with Donald Easum a former US ambassador to Nigeria during the first reign of Olusegun Obasanjo. This encounter was during the Abacha/Abiola impasse; in a general conversation, the Ambassador casually asked Mr Ogun  what he thought of the on-going tensions in Nigeria, and if he could proffer a hypothetical solution. He allowed himself to be engaged in the conversation when Mr Ambassador then casually asked, hypothetically of course, what Mr Ogun thought would happen if Abacha and Abiola were no longer on the scene? Well, that would be interesting Mr Ogun thought. Mr Ambassador then asked if Mr Ogun could think of a leader who would be acceptable to both the North and the Southwest and thus calm things down. While Mr Ogun was still considering the answer, Mr Ambassador suggested Olusegun Obasanjo, Ogun agreed that Obasanjo was indeed a good choice.  Their conversation soon moved on to other more practical and useful things to Mr Ogun’s relief.  Three years later, Abacha mysteriously dies suddenly; and as the Afenifere were jubilating and re-demanding their kinsman’s mandate, Abiola also dies allegedly while having tea with the then serving US Ambassador to Nigeria.<br>
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Masters of the Universe...

Masters of the Universe (first published 14.11.09 in The Vanguard Newspaper) I recently finished reading ‘The Law, The Lawyers &...

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