Oath-taking in Nigerian politics By Reuben Abati "Okija goes to Ogun state! They say all of you in Ogun state take oaths. So where did you take your own? ". "You think this is something to laugh about?" "In fact, I want more photographs of naked Ogun state people to be published. The people who swore to oaths in Okija at least have the decency to put on some clothes, but you people in Ogun state don't even bother to cover up anything at all. You just stand in front of the camera, golonto, in your birthday suit". "There are too many assertions and fictions in that matter. Don't use one man to judge an entire state. We don't know all that there is to know." "What else is there to know? We have been told that secret oath-taking is standard practice in Ogun state. In fact when I see any politician from Ogun state now, I try to imagine what that person...
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