The other lesson that the Zuma travail teaches is thatpower is like vapour which whooshes in a moment but cannot be traced the next moment.
Of all the lessons Zuma’s term at Estcourt teaches or should teach Nigeria and its power wielders, two jut out. One is the same conveyed by Ladele’sand the other being that, until Nigeria begins to build strong institutions that can resist thementality of the Nigerian political class, Nigeria will continue to regress on the ladder of social justice and equality.
In 1999, Zuma faced a multi-billion dollar arms deal charge and in the same year, a court-ordered 18-count corruption charge. In 2016, a court ruled that he diverted government money to upgrade his Nkandla private property, which he later repaid to government coffers. Yet another 2017 inquiry came up alleging that Zuma unduly profited from an inappropriate relationship with the renowned and wealthy Gupta family. In all these, Zuma wore a coat of many blemishes .
anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader, who was by then imprisoned, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela underwent trial for murder on December 29, 1988 for the abduction and murder of 14-year old James Seipei . Seipei and three other youths, members of the Mandela United Football Club, were alleged, by Winnie, to have been sexually abused by Methodist church minister, Paul Verryn. They were tortured to admit this.
Lawal Ojuolape, 29-year old Bernard Ogedengbe and 26-year old Bartholomew Owoh; all executed for an offence which, at the time it was committed, did not carry the capital punishment. World religious, civil rights, political, trade union leaders cried to Buhari, to no avail. authoritarian military rulers should “be considered to have surrendered their right to govern Nigeria” having failed to honour subpoenas to appear before the commission. Buhari nevertheless went ahead to become Nigeria’s president. Babangida, on the other side, is convalescing in his imperial castle in Minna and Abdulsalami is junketing all over the world as Nigeria’s peace envoy to Liberia, Ivory Coast and Sudan. The three alleged clones of Zuma are today living happily ever thereafter.
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