The Season Of Roasted Corn: Why Nigeria’s Opulent Ghosts Are Returning To Their Villages
By Dr. Sunny Oby Maduka (DSM) The charcoal is being lit. Across the 774 local government areas of Nigeria, the scent of burning corn will soon waft through the air, mingling with the dust of neglected roads. But this isn’t the aroma of a harvest celebration; it is the scent of a recurring crime scene. In a few days, the “Abuja Saints”, those men and women who haven’t tasted the brackish water of their villages since they were sworn in in 2023 will undergo a miraculous transformation. The bulletproof glass of their N200 million SUVs will slide down. The stiff,…