Nigeria, March 24 -- Pa Abraham Adesanya, it was, who argued that not all that is legal is expedient. No one can argue against the right of a Nigerian president to declare a state of emergency in any part of the country where the government has reason to suspect clear and present threats to public order and security. In recently declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appears to have met this minimum constitutional requirement. Thought in truth, in a democracy, the framing of the powers to declare an emergency are clearly biased in favour of the president - for obvious reasons. In this case, President Tinubu indicated an escalation in the incidence of pipeline vandalism (despite considerable doubt as to...