Osun: Freezing to unfreeze

T he out-of-stage concert that took place last week over Osun State funds says a lot about the laughing stock that Nigeria has become in the eyes of the civilized world. Even for us Nigerians, the drama was a poor show. It was not well rehearsed by those we encountered on stage. If anything, the principal actors can pass for what William Shakespeare would describe as poor players who strut and fret upon the stage and are heard no more.
Let us put it like this. President Bola Tinubu had instructed the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, to go for the jugular in Osun State. Dissolve, if you like freeze, the funds that are giving Governor Ademol...