Nigeria, June 1 -- "Powercorrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely," is a cliche which might have lost its instructive value in contemporary governance.This is more so, as some serving national leaders are exhibiting their true colours; while masking as democrats."Power reveals who a leader is." As evinced in some countries, we've witnessed blurred definitional lines between democratic leaders and unmasked autocratic leaders. Arguably, integrity or corruption is habitual default for power wielders.

Nigeria confronts a national crisis and a peacetime existential threat. Governance has been extremely ethnified and weaponized.Of that, there is no debate, despite expedient rationalizations. Happenings in Nigeria are dreadfully peculiar...