03/09/2026
What a shame
What a show of shame
Everywhere has been captured
This is a journalist sitting on a political aprirant
This picture is disturbing—not simply because of what is happening in the photograph, but because of what it represents to many Nigerians.
In a healthy democracy, journalists should be able to question those in power, the judiciary should be independent, the legislature should provide effective checks and balances, and security agencies should protect citizens rather than political interests.
But when institutions that are supposed to serve the people begin to appear too comfortable with political power, who does the ordinary Nigerian run to?
When the citizen feels the judiciary cannot be trusted, the legislature is no longer providing sufficient checks, the police are perceived as serving those in power, and other institutions appear politically compromised, democracy itself begins to lose its meaning.
Government is not supposed to be a private property of politicians. Institutions belong to the people.
We must never reach a point where speaking truth to power becomes dangerous, where accountability becomes selective, or where proximity to political power determines who receives protection and justice.
Nigeria does not need institutions that bow to power. Nigeria needs institutions strong enough to stand up to power.
The real question is not just “Why is someone sitting on another person's lap?”
The bigger question is: When those who are supposed to protect the people become too close to those who wield political power, who protects the people?
Nigeria belongs to all of us—not to politicians, parties or powerful individuals