…also published in Daily Trust
As
the scandal triggered by the leaked bribery video clips involving Kano state
governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje continues to rock the state’s political
atmosphere and generate controversy across the country, a comparative look at the
situation explains why while a similar or even less serious scandal elsewhere has
always had profound political consequences, the Ganduje bribery scandal, albeit
extremely serious, would most probably fizzle out amid pervasive culture of
impunity in the land, as it has always been the fate of similar and even more serious
scandals in the country.
