Nigeria, Oct. 12 -- Musiliu Ayinde Ayedaade Akinsanya (a.k.a Mc Oluomo) is a satirist's delight, always. This is largely because his phenomenal growth and increasing influence in the overall scheme of things in our polity embody the paradox of the Nigerian condition.

Penultimate weekend, he was again in the news as a footnote of a comic material. A congratulatory banner produced by the Lagos Mainland West Branch of the ubiquitous National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) described him as, among other things, a "Menthol".

Somehow, the banner found its way to Nigeria's internet battlefield of irreverent "savages". Apparently, in the hands of Nigeria's inventive graphic designers, the word "mentor" went through metamorphosis and Twi...