On June 23, 2009, fiery lawyer and conscience of the nation, Femi Falana, took the first official step towards bringing President Yar’Adua to justice or taking justice to the taciturn man from Katsina. Mr. Falana has sued President Yar’Adua on behalf of who and what is left of Gbaramatu kingdom. In recent memory, two of Nigeria’s past rulers have committed crimes against humanity by levelling entire villages: Ibrahim Babangida destroyed Umuechem; Olusegun Obasanjo destroyed Odi and Zaki Biam. Both men are military tyrants. You do not expect a civilian to outclass them in sensational crimes against humanity. Somehow, in two years of a trypanosomiasis-infested presidency, Mr. Yar’Adua has managed to make Obasanjo and Babangida look like apprentice teenagers in the art of mass killing of Nigerian citizens. Of the three, President Yar’Adua is the only one who even availed himself of the privilege of target practice. Just like the Germans practiced genocide with the Hereros of Namibia be...
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