Many of us are prospective Ex-es: ex-student, ex-director, ex-lecturer, ex-senator, ex-governor, ex-president, ex-oba, ex-emir. The inimitable Zik famously reminded us as he possessed a spat with Ukpabi Asika that Ex ended up being a unavoidable prefix for any individual as had been evidenced by the undeniable fact that a particular son that would someday be an ex-Administrator, ended up being the son of an ex-postmaster!

Therefore, what exactly is therefore apocalyptic about Sanusi Lamido Sanusi joining the ranks of ex-potentates? Absolutely Nothing? Everything! Don’t ever genuinely believe that bell you might be hearing is tolling when it comes to previous Emir of Kano. No. Maybe it’s signalling the start of a thorough demystification of old-fashioned rulership by plebeians keeping tenured power that is political.

In centuries past, no plebeian messed with all the old-fashioned institution.

The halo of nobility, the vastness that is sheer of prince’s genetic capabilities, legal rights and privileges, made the niche know his destination. Fortsätt läsa →