Bribes, bimbos, and babalawos: An undiplomatic memoir, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
<img width="632" height="441" src="https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2023/01/chidi-odinkalu-632x441-1.jpg?fit=632%2C441&ssl=1" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Chidi Anselm Odinkalu writes that democracy without voters is the origin of Nigeria’s insecurity crisis." style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2023/01/chidi-odinkalu-632x441-1.jpg?w=632&ssl=1 632w, https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2023/01/chidi-odinkalu-632x441-1.jpg?resize=500%2C349&ssl=1 500w" sizes="(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px" /><p>Lilian’s story is a three-decade long reel of the kind of interminable coincidence that is not unusual in Nigerian public life. In 1983, the civilian administration of President Shehu Shagari recruited over 300 new officers into Nigeria’s diplomatic service. While they were still to complete their orientation, Muhammadu Buhari, a soldier, overthrew the regime on […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/907776-bribes-bimbos-and-babalawos-an-undiplomatic-memoir-by-chidi-anselm-odinkalu.html">Bribes, bimbos, and babalawos: An undiplomatic memoir, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.premiumtimesng.com">Premium Times Nigeria</a>.</p>