On Adamu Adamu and democratisation of corruption

On Adamu Adamu and democratisation of corruption
Today I am shocked, confused, demoralised and short of words to describe how devastated I was reading Adamu Adamu’s inside out, upside down (Daily Trust, May 19, 2009). Adamu is one of the ‘few good men’ (to use Rob Reiner’s 1992 movie title) today in Nigeria that can earn the title of tested and trusted Nigerians that one can confidently stand for no matter what. But his column today was rather a shocker. Let me ask Mallam Adamu; what will happen to army to army officers in battle field when their Commander surrender even before firing a bullet? You cannot just start sending a signal to us that we should, instead of hating corruption, start agitating for its democratisation. This is unacceptable and we that grow to love you because of your uprightness, honesty and trustworthineness will never forgive you, if at the end of your life you start advocating for democratisation of corruption.
The voice of our Commander today sounded defeatist and hopeless. We know the present political set-up is irredeemable, but we are still hopeful that something positive might come out of it. We are indeed bad, hardly can you trust a Nigerian even if he is your imam in your local mosque or a pastor in your neighbourhood church, and in fact some people are saying they are the worst but can we rule out any positive change? No! I know what we read today is not, and can never be your mind but you are forced to write them because, may be you think that is the only way we can address the issue.
The thieves calling themselves public servants are just unrepentant criminals. Do you see the faces of some of them in today’s dailies arriving courts? They were happy and smiling telling Nigerians that this is another stage drama orchestrated by people who were left out during the sharing.