Nigeria, April 17 -- In every democratic dispensation, power is held in trust by those elected or appointed, not possessed as a divine right. It is this sacred understanding of representative leadership that makes the idea of being "power drunk" so distasteful and dangerous. When one considers the trajectory of leadership in Nigeria, particularly in moments when power is temporarily transferred or delegated, the metaphor of intoxication becomes apt as those entrusted with temporary authority often lose grip of reality and begin to behave as though they are the anointed sovereigns. That is why the situation currently playing out in Rivers State, where the newly appointed Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), who is tempor...