It is understandable that GEJ is suspected by many to have a hand in the total system collapse that we are currently experiencing. I doubt it. I imagine that all the major facts will come to light in the next 90days. What we have here are powerful criminal enterprises at work trying to reconfigure the evolving environment in order to protect their entrenched interests. It is amazing that nobody is mentioning the Nigerian equivalent of The US RICO Act, not to mention the rudiments of Anti-Trust laws which any smart lawyer can dredge out of our many extant laws. We have enough on the ground to put many of the "fuel importers" in jail for a very long time. And gleefully throw away the keys!
Did I mention conspiracy to commit felony and "overawe the federal government"? Was that not what Uwazurike of MASSOB has been routinely accused of? What on earth is the business of the petroleum tanker drivers/owners with the controversy between the Federal Govt/NNPC/PPPRA and the petroleum marketers. They can never be regarded as employees of the federal government but we treat them as if they are. At the rate we are going, the area boys under the Oshodi flyover will soon insist on an audience with the Vice President as condition for resolving the disputes that arise ever so often.
My thesis is that the powers that be are engaged in one last violent struggle to bend the future to their will. Unlike Jonathan who has obviously reconciled himself with the new reality, these guys will not go down without a fight. They have a whole lot more to lose. The next few months will turn out to be very interesting times indeed . Forget Chief Bode George. I suspect that members of the fuel subsidy cartel may be among the first to leave town. Good riddance!
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