“YOU know I am not very happy with Nigeria. I have made that very clear on many occasions. Yes, Nigeria stood by us more than any nation, but you let yourselves down, and Africa and the black race very badly. 

A “corrupt” official is either sent to jail for a few hours or sent home to enjoy the loots and he or she lives to loot again. When corruption destroys an airline for example, the government withdraws the license after a gory accident and then re-issues the license with an upgrade after the dust and noise seem to have settled down on the outrage. To label anyone corrupt in Nigeria today spurs an award-winning, honor-bestowing wining- and- dining event. 

Chief Ladoke Akintola was one-time premier of the then Western Region of Nigeria. Smooth-talking, loquacious master of jabberwocky, Chief Akintola was severally accused by his many opponents of crass corruption.  His sarcastic response sickened many both in his party and outside. The line is memorable.  “I didn’t eat the money, I spent it, whose grandfather can swallow a penny?” he had said.  The premier, in a manner of a stand-up comedian, trivialized the behemoth called corruption, and today, the monstrous Godzilla is still very much around sinking Nigeria deep into thralldom and towering tribulations.  Friends, this is the fungus among us.