By Simon Kolawole, This Day Newspapers:

There is one hell of a guy in the UK called Richard Branson. He is called the “guy with the beard”, an entrepreneur who has the knack for the outrageous and the courageous. While schooling at Stowe School, UK, he set up a magazine at the age of 16. In 1970, aged 20, he founded Virgin, beginning as a mail order record retailer. He then opened a record shop in Oxford Street, London. In 1973, he founded Virgin Music and signed Mike Oldfield, whose first record “Tubular Bells” sold over five million copies. Branson went on and on and on, crushing obstacles and challenging traditions, and expanding into all sorts of business – air travel, mobile, internet, drinks, rail and leisure.
I have been trying to understand this man called Branson, whose businesses are worth billions of pounds. I have heard of his influence on competition, his touch on expertise and his impact on local enterprise. I have also noted, through his writings, the role of the system in the emergence of the man. Indeed, Branson is the face of new business in Britain. As it has now become my habit, I decided to “compare and contrast” him with a Nigerian entrepreneur, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jnr. Of course, there are many differences. Branson has never enjoyed government support, unlike Adenuga who got his first oil block in the military era. Also, Branson is eccentric – he once posed virtually nude for a photograph. Again, I don’t know much about their management styles, so I can’t compare them on that level. However, it is their similarities, more than anything else, that I’m interested in.
I found striking similarities between them. It would appear as if both of them operate with similar philosophies. Here are samplers of their quotes. Branson: “There is no point in going into a business unless you shake up the whole industry. Then, you are not just making a difference for yourself. You find the whole industry has to react to your being there and change the way it does business.” Adenuga: “Leading the pack is the only worthwhile resolve for the achiever. There’s no room for the second place. It is often said that it is not the winning that counts, but the participation. This adage does not reflect an achieving attitude. It is not the mere participant, but the achiever, the winner, the leader who makes the difference that advances the course of humankind in the judgment of history.”
Branson started his business as a young man’s madness. With his friends, Branson founded his first business enterprise with a publication, The Student, in the garage of one of their parents. It was not a business as such but a place where youths sowed their oak. According to Branson himself, such office was a place for a lot of alcohol, sex and other vices associated with youth. But they were committed to what they were doing and, like the oak tree, the branches grew and have kept growing till date. Although, Adenuga was a little older than Branson when he started business, he bumped into big business also sowing his oak as a young man. He was studying in the United States and was on his way home to Nigeria on holidays. He reportedly picked a car stereo so that he could install it in his brother’s car and, as it was usually said then, “paint the town red”. But the young man did not know he was sitting on a gold mine as he was offered a price many times what he bought it. He quickly gave it away and travelled back to buy more. Behold, business had started. Lesson No. 1: It is not every youthful exuberance that destroys the youth. Some are indeed useful experiments that may end up with monumental benefits.
And if you think it is their childhood idiosyncrasies that bring these men together, then wait for this. When Branson started the magazine, he was initiated into the challenges of business. But he did not know anything about competition until he started his Virgin Atlantic, the airline that has grown to become the national carrier for Nigeria. In his book, Losing My Virginity, Branson narrated his ordeal with British Airways. He revealed all the intrigues, plans and orchestrations of British flag carrier to frustrate the fledgling Virgin Atlantic. He fought through every available means. Today, Virgin stands toe-to-toe with British Airways, and in some routes, it is even the preferred airline. Adenuga’s life has been dominated with fights. Every business is replete with fights but I think the man started mainstream corporate fighting when he decided to go into oil, an area exclusively for the multinationals. Going into oil prospecting was like committing business suicide. He was once quoted as saying that when he stood on the platform (which has now been named Oyin after his mother) that fateful Christmas, he made up his mind that his end had come should he not strike oil that day. But his problem only started when he struck the oil as the multinational cartel had made a ring round him.
Perhaps that was when Adenuga developed his goal on achievement. According to him, “Running a business is similar to leading a military operation, or orchestrating a political campaign or performing as a great athlete. The fundamental principles are the same. The overriding objective is to out-manoeuvre the opposing forces, to outsmart the other party; to outperform the competition; to outwit the other guy to achieve…” If Adenuga thought he had seen fight, he was joking. Not until he went into the downstream and not until his foray into the telecommunications sector did real fight come. From government authorities to competition, there appeared to be a brick wall against the man. Branson would have come out openly to fight, calling names. But Adenuga fought from his boardroom. And if you think that is less lethal, then pray that Adenuga does not fight you. Lesson No. 2: Business war is a fight to the finish, either subtly or openly.
Both men also share in their vibrancy in business. When Branson was going into airline business, the greatest advice he received from admirers was to stick to his record and show business. He did not have the least experience in airline business. But, restless as Branson is, he ventured into aviation and today, he is into countless number of businesses. Adenuga started with buying and selling, then moved into production and today, he is everywhere. At the moment, Adenuga operates in almost all the key sectors of the economy. He is into banking, upstream, downstream, aviation, telecommunications, media etc.
But more than anything, what these guys have done to competition in their various countries cannot be overemphasised. Branson single-handedly fought British Airways’ monopoly of the British airspace. Services were improved, rates became more affordable and passengers were getting their money’s worth. Adenuga has changed the face of competition, especially in telecommunication industry. Because Nigerians were hungry for phones, the early entrants took it as an opportunity for exploitation. The “per second billing” issue is a particular case in point. Lesson No. 3: If you play your ball well, competition will take the lead from you.

By: Deacon Ayo Ositelu

THE odds against our determined ambition to win the just concluded African Nations Cup title were mightily daunting, even if we did not realise it. For ages, we have always been told by our elders that “a house divided against itself can never stand”. But we were determined to make nonsense of the age-tested saying of the wise.

It always appeared foolhardy to me that, for once, unity of purpose, one of the necessary ingredients of success, meant nothing to those men and women whose duty it is to run our football and take the image of our dear country sky-high in the committee of footballing nations. Yet, it is a common saying that football is the only thing left which unites Nigerians, through tribes and tongues may differ.

What did it matter if the ministry of sports and one of the sports associations under its management did not see eye-to-eye? Did it matter to them whether or not the Nigeria Football Association, the body directly in charge of taking our national team (Super Eagles) to Egypt was in place or in tatters? If financial assistance was not going to come from a snubbed ministry of sports, and there was no evidence of adequate self funding or any kind of funding from any quarters, was a measure of unnecessary pomposity and stubbornness not in play?

At the end of the day, when such elephants (or is it an elephant versus an eagle?) fought, who was likely to suffer? Elderly folklore says it is the grass, which suffers. This time the “grass” was Nigeria, which has to suffer collectively and individually.

Unwisely, each combatant (NFA and sport ministry) flaunted its power, but needless to say, power can have its limit. Apparently, Galadima’s NFA board’s power ended with the conduct of a General Election in Kano, which Honourable Nduka Irabor affirmed was “a free and fair election”. Unfortunately for the man of honour (Irabor), and the man whom his “flawless” election threw up as winner (Galadima), that was the limit of their powers.

But do we have to look too far back in Nigeria’s political history to realise that in Nigeria, the freest and the fairest election does not necessarily translate to the most acceptable? In other words, since when did the electoral vote of the people become the last word? If an election supervised all over the country by a revered academic professor some 13 years ago (apologies to those who associate that number with terrible happenings a la the assassination of General Murtala Mohammed) was not considered acceptable, why must the same country honour the results of the one conducted in Kano by one brilliant journalist and former member of the federal house of representatives?

And as we found our ultimately, it was where the power of the product of the Kano election ended that the monstrous power of Sambara (minister of Sports) began. Some call it “Government Power” which many have learnt (the hardest way possible at times) was never to be messed with.

Galadima tried to mess with it, and he became a persona-non-grata in Egypt where he was supposed to be one of the chief celebrants. It was like being locked out of a party one was hosting. His own “Babes”, the Super Eagles, in whom he is well pleased, were being taken care of by other people, Sambawa’s men. Money talks, doesn’t it? Power pervades the air, and Galadima and his election victors could not even have a look-in, talkless of having any kind of control. If Galadima wished the Super Eagles well in their determination to conquer Egypt, it was in his mind. He was not close enough to pass on the message.

Clearly, those young boys who had the hopes of an entire nation placed on their slim shoulders, and whose task it was to achieve a feat Nigeria has achieved only twice before (1980 in Lagos, and 1994 in Tunisia) were left to serve two masters. One master had loads of money, the other could hardly take care of himself, and the likes of him.

The power game was on but the show must go on. And indeed, it went on, even if some cracks in the Nigerian camp could be traced to the fact that it was the Nigerian squad who were the last to arrive Egypt, and without the normal custodians of football power in Nigeria.

To be sure, all was not well with Nigeria’s football even if we pretended that it was alive and sound. To some, particularly in government circles, all that mattered was for money to be made available to the boys, as at when due, and the battle was won, and the

Cup well on its way to Nigeria.

But the truth, as our elders insist, is that no country or village goes to war leaving a divided house behind.

For the first time in the twenty-five editions of Africa’s “World Cup” Africa Nations Cup to be more precise, Nigeria went to “war” leaving a divided house behind. Let us not deceive ourselves. It was not everybody who wanted the Super Eagles to come back with the Cup. To some, the NFA is dead and buried if the Eagles won with little or no involvement from the game’s supervisory body, the NFA. As it turned out, money, lots of it, was available. For the first time perhaps, there were no grumblings whatsoever about unpaid player allowances, winning, and even losing bonuses. Everything was paid, and you can say that the players benefitted from government’s willingness to show the “infidels” who actually owns the cash. Did I hear Sunny Okosuns wail “we want to know who owns the cash?”.

Money is not everything, however. There was already a lot wrong, well before we left our shores for Faro, Portugal, rumoured to be one of the world’s best training camps. But of what use are the best training facilities and the best of organised training sessions when there were no real matches – genuine international friendlies, which Nigeria appears allergic to. In reality, no preparation beats experiments in match situations. I am not talking about matches to be played in the tournament’s fixtures.

Nigeria is a big name in world football even if our last moments of glory were as far back as the Tunisia 94 Africa Nations Cup and the Atlanta 96 Olympic Games soccer event, in each of which we carted away the Gold.

It is a pity that it is not in our character to use our fame to our advantage. I do not know any country, which would not jump on an opportunity to trade tackles with the Super Eagles. Even the United States team, where football still takes a back seat to more popular disciplines like NFL (American) Football, Baseball, Basketball, Ice Hockey and Athletics, but is firmly ranked in the world top ten football countries, and has never failed to qualify for the World Cup since she hosted it in 1994, would be glad to test her strength against our Super Eagles.

But as if to show that self-preservation is indeed the most important law in nature, the embattled Galadima, who had become arguably the nation’s most unpopular sports administrator on account of our inability to qualify for the Germany 2006 World Cup finals, which in any case “is not Nigeria’s birthright” in his own estimation, appeared to be more concerned about his return to the NFA chairmanship seat than care about Nigeria’s aspirations at the Egypt 2006 Africa Nations Cup finals.

On the other side of the coin, the government’s obsession to “ban” Galadima from the controversial seat took the better part of its actions, no matter what FIFA, the world governing body, thought. NFA or no NFA, FIFA or no FIFA, soccer life must go on in Nigeria, and the first forum to test the sports ministry ultimate power was Egypt, where money was enough to win us the Cup. Or so some people in high places thought.

Now, Egypt 2006 has ended, with the title going, not necessarily to the best team, but more like to the best organised team, with a unity of purpose, backed by a Football Association not at war with government, or vice versa.

Perhaps we have learnt our lesson. Perhaps not. But what I saw in Egypt 2006 convinces me that our football has a bright future, all things concerned. And let me say here that I have implicit confidence in coach Augustine Eguavoen, and his ability to choose whom ever he pleases as assistants. I particularly commend his firmness on indisciplineed players like Yakubu Aiyegbeni, ‚elestine Babayaro, Victor Agali etc.

Let him (Eguavoen) not be bothered by the continuing verbal jabs from Middleborough’s (not Nigeria’s) Aiyegbeni, who unwisely and rudely has used his one match “star-quality performance” against a complacent Chelsea last Saturday as evidence that he deserved a starting shirt guarantee from the national coach. No coach, worth his salt, would succcumb to such arrogance and disrespect to fellow players.

Perhaps Aiyegbeni has a short memory. Was he not in the Middleborough team which lost 7-0 to Arsenal while his compatriots were doing their nation proud in Egypt? Does he know that unlike his over publicised ambition to raise Middleborough to the top echelon of the English Premiership, his darling club is still fighting for its life to stay above relegation waters?

Nigeria is bigger than anyone, and FIFA must take a decision which will move Nigeria forward.

By Max Amuchie

From the mid 1980s up to the 1990s, Nigeria suffered a serious disease called brain drain. Nigerian professionals, the bedrock of the society voted with their feet. Medical doctors and other paramedical personnel moved in droves to America, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other places. With the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa, that country equally became a destination point for the country’s professionals running away from harsh economic reality. The comedian, Enebeli Elebuwa acted Andrew, a young, upwardly mobile professional, who was tired of his country, Nigeria, because there was no water, no light, and no job. Andrew was frustrated and wanted to “check out” at all cost. But he changed his mind when someone explained to him the need for patience. He listened and dropped his luggage in order to help “salvage” his Nigeria. The system of checking out has not abated even with the return to civilian rule. In the last few years, the British High omission in Nigeria had to adopt some unpopular measures to manage the huge number of visa applications to the United Kingdom. For many Nigerians, relocating to America, Canada, Europe and now South Africa is the ultimate goal. Whole families have had to sell off all their assets and properties just to travel abroad. And for such people, it is farewell to Nigeria forever. Nigerians have done all kinds of invocations, performed all manner of rituals, endured all kinds of pains and humiliation in the quest to travel and live abroad. For these, prayer houses and fortune tellers have smiled to the banks.

But one man thinks is not that bad. He is Bartholomew Nnaji, the acclaimed robotics engineer, William Kepler Whiteford Distinguished Professor of Industrial/Mechanical Engineering and Director, National Science Foundation Centre for e-Design at the University of Massachusetts, United States. The big story is that from the comfort of his professorial chair in Massachusetts, Nnaji has commenced a process of homecoming to his fatherland. He has taken sabbatical to come and help Nigeria work again. The poor state of power supply in the country has been given him nightmare each time he is the country and his visit to the country is very frequent. An idea occurred to him, one of establishing an independent power project that could be the starting point for the take-off of Nigeria. That idea crystallised into what is now called Geometric Power Ltd., the company that has taken it upon itself to build a power plant in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of the East at a cost of $120 million or N16 billion. The plant will have capacity for 120 megawatts of electricity. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank, Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund and Infraco Management Services both in London, among other international consulting and financial institutions from across the world are enthusiastic about the project. They have sent teams at different levels to do appraisal of the project. Even local finance institutions are as enthusiastic and can’t wait to see the project flagged off. For the business community in Aba, it is an idea whose time had been long due. They are praying fervently that the Geometric Power initiative takes off even ahead of the target date of first quarter of 2007.

For Nnaji, how did the journey begin? An indigene of Enugu State, he was born July 13, 1956. At St. Patrick’s College, Emene, Enugu, where he passed out with distinction in 1975, he offered subjects like additional mathematics and two others even when there were no teachers for these subjects. He taught himself these subjects and passed them with distinction. This was even as he barely managed to pay school fees, having come from a poor home. Without being a sports person, he was made House captain at St. Patrick’s. Once, there was nobody to represent his House during one inter-house sports competition. As House captain, the burden of leadership fell on him and he put on a jersey. He ran 400 metres race and came first without preparing for it. He repeated the feat when it came to long jump. From there, he delved into sports and represented the defunct East Central State in national sports competitions. With this, he was able to get a job with the East Central State Sports Council soon after secondary school. In 1977, he got admitted to St. John’s University in the United States to read physics and mathematics and in 1980 he graduated. The academic programme was made less stressful financially on account of the scholarship he got from the university for excellence in sports. More importantly, he graduated as the school’s valedictorian and in St. John’s 120-year history as at then, it was the first time a black person had emerged as the best graduating student.

Thereafter, Nnaji moved to Virginia Institute of Technology for master’s and doctorate degrees in engineering. At the famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he did post-doctoral studies in robotics science. At under age 27, Nnaji was made professor of industrial engineering and director of Robotics and Automation Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts. And in 1993, he was officially proclaimed one of the best three robotics scientists and engineers in the world and appointed Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the same university. It was the first time a black person was named distinguished professor of engineering in America. In the United States, a distinguished professor is higher in rank and recognition than an ordinary professor. In the same year, he was made Minister of Science and Technology in Nigeria. He came home to serve his fatherland but after three months, the late General Sani Abacha coup took place and Nnaji went back to the United States. Two years later, he became the first foreigner in American history to deliver the Annual Distinguished Public Service Lecture. The likes of Henry Kissinger, former American Secretary of State are the kinds of people that deliver the annual lecture. And in 1996, the book he co-authored with two other scholars was declared the best book on manufacturing engineering in the world for that year. The same year, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) hired him to write a technology blueprint for the development of Jamaica. It was in that year too that the Nigerian government appointed him a member of the Vision 2010 Committee. Even though he was based in the United States, he attended all the meetings and conferences of the Committee at his own expense and never asked for reimbursement. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in 1998 declared him Africa’s best scientist. His intellectual accomplishments have won him citation from the Senate of Massachusetts and City of Boston both in the US. In addition, he became consultant to IBM, the multinational computer company; the American Army and Air Force; the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NARTO); Ford Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation, which has been bought over by Compaq. He is also consultant to Pratt Whitney, which makes engines for aircraft manufacturers.

Nnaji later relocated to the University of Pittsburgh on leave of absence from Massachusetts and was appointed ALCOA (Aluminum Company of America) Professor of Industrial/Mechanical Engineering. It was three years ago that he was appointed to his present position. There are 30 national science foundation centres for different areas in the United States, e-design being one. Each has a director and is based in a particular university. The US government looks for the best to appoint director of each centre. As has become the norm for him, he is the first black person to be appointed director of national science foundation centre. Nnaji has won every prize there is to win in his discipline of robotics and engineering. In Nigeria, he was awarded the Nigerian National Merit Award, which is the nation’s highest honour for intellectual achievement. He is also a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science. He has written seven books and about 100 scientific articles and papers in academic journals. The Nigerian government has equally honoured him with national honours of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) and later Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). He has also been honoured with honorary doctorate degrees by the Federal University of Technology, Yola; Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT) and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).

If we are looking for a poster boy for patriotism, we need not go further. In an age where Nigerians who managed to find themselves abroad soon acquire citizenship of other countries, Nnaji still has only Nigerian passport despite the pressure on him to take foreign citizenship. Consider the fact that some Nigerians who are already well established in Nigeria to relocate or cannot relocate for some other reasons, even among so-called activists, do everything possible to send their expectant wives to America to have their babies for their children to have American citizenship. Where Nigerians sell their property to send their children to school abroad, having lost faith in the country’s education system, Nnaji sent his first son from the United States to have his secondary education at a Catholic mission school, Grundvig International Secondary School, Oba, near Onitsha, Anambra State. As the boy was finishing, he sent his first daughter also from the US to the same school. She is still there right now. In an era when public officers siphon money abroad, implying they have no faith in the system they lead, Nnaji is attracting foreign investment into the country through the Aba Power Project. Without making money from the Nigerian system, he gives so much. In his village, he has a foundation from which poor widows get funds. For the three universities in the country that have awarded him honorary Ph.D., the best students in engineering are taken to his laboratory in the United States and he trains them from masters to Ph.D free of charge. One of such beneficiaries, Dr. Obinna Muogbo is currently teaching at the Lagos Business School (LBS). He did his postgraduate work under Nnaji in Pittsburgh. Another one, Dr. Tom Nwodo, is a research scientist at MIT but currently on sabbatical, teaching electronics engineering at UNN. Nwodo studied under him at Massachusetts. There is also Dr. Celestine Aguwa, who woks at Ford Corporation in the US and many others. Two years ago, he wanted to run for governorship of his home state of Enugu on the platform of the UNPP to make a difference. If his former students in the United States were those running affairs in Asia and making Asian countries the tigers they have become why would he (Nnaji) not begin the transformation of Nigeria starting with his state? That was his thinking then but it did not take long before he realised that Nigerian politics was not for somebody like him. But still Nnaji believes passionately in Nigeria, that despite the current difficulties, the country would realise her manifest destiny as a beacon of hope for the black race all over the world. He has taken it as an article of faith that he would do anything within his ability to make Nigeria realise that manifest destiny. The Geometric Power Project in Aba is testimony to that article of faith.

Nigeria’s quest for a third Nations Cup triumph ended yesterday on a very scrappy note. It was a painful loss, not because we were knocked out of the competition but because we lost to a side that has not shown real class since the competition started. A comprehensive study of the Ivorian team shows that they are not so wonderful and a friend playfully said that Cameroon played friendly match with them and that we trained with them
When I saw the team list before kickoff, I was disappointed we have 3 players who were not supposed to start. Osazee Odemwingie is not the best option to use in that kind of match with a physical team like Ivory Coast and I wondered what Utaka was doing on the bench. Sanni Kaita is no doubt a talented young man but how can we explain his replacing injured Ayila (Good performer) on a semi-final berth with a team like Ivory Coast. This young man did not even play in the preliminaries and Obodo was on the bench. You might want to say that Westerhof did same with Amunike vs Zambia in 1994 finals, but that was different because Amuneke already proved himself in the under-23 team and was doing very well with Zamalek of Egypt and note also that if had messed up that day, there was Yekini to cover up for him. Yesterday against Ivory Coast was different because Kaita played in a very important role and was not able to step into Ayila’s big shoes.
Now, Kanu is a talismanic player and we all know the kind of magic he brings into the team when he comes from the bench, he showed this throughout the competition except yesterday when he was in the starting 11. I wondered what Zerezo was up to when he started Kanu in that match. Note that every game Kanu had excelled for Nigeria in the recent past has been as a substitute and a coach needs to use this Psychological advantage to the fullest.
I salute Henri Michel, a World Cup and European Cup winning coach with France and now Ivory Coast coach. He read us like a book and capitalized on our wrong selection to win the match. I believe that if we had played the same team that played Tunisia and replace Ayila with Obodo, we will have a better story to tell today. Our midfield was suspect almost throughout until Okocha brought some respite which was too late to amount to anything.
I also salute African Referees for their continuous wobbling performance on the job; I don’t blame FIFA for leaving them out of major competitions. It takes no angel to know that Drogba was offside though I know they played better than us due to our funny team selection.
We look forward to those days when Nigeria and Nigerians will learn to maximize the potentials that God has given to us. We will get there!

If there is any group of people I don’t like meeting or having anything to do with – The Nigerian Policemen are on top of the list.
I take extra precautions not to cross their paths because I have witnessed them performing all sorts of atrocities. The Police Force is filled with numerous drop outs with very low IQ (Apologies, but that is the truth). We have un-informed officers with no logical thinking abilities. It is so worrisome that I am afraid to even sit with them ‘cos they can shoot without cause and blame it on accidental discharge.
I once read in the papers that these policemen have their foundation in corruption during training; a survey revealed that they buy their uniforms, pay for lecture materials and even bribe their instructors to graduate! The authorities also go as far as keeping part of the allowance meant for the officers-in-training for themselves and a lot of other unspeakable things regularly occur at the Police Academy.
After this startling revelations, I started understanding reasons for the low-life, non-ethical and unworthy behavior exhibited by most Policemen and I am finding it more difficult daily to trust in their operations. Every sector of the Nigerian State is in disarray and hence we can never isolate the Nigerian Police for blame, but we must speak the truth and start thinking of probable solutions to these eyesores.
Or I can you imagine a a 400 level student of Elect/Elect being arrested for carrying documents! Well, the document he was carrying was a CISCO Certified Network Associate exam prep material by SYBEX. The young man was reading the material in preparation for his IT placement interview and he was arrested for that. The Policeman said that the document has Internetworking written on it, hence he must be involved in Yahoo Yahoo. Now, you can’t blame a dropout for not knowing that Internetworking is not what we browse He even asked the guy what Elect/Elect has to do with the Internet.
I cried for Nigeria when I heard about this case and would have taken it seriously if not for the fact that after I spoke with them, they apologised and admitted their mistake.
I even told them that if they are really involved in the fight against Cybercrime like some of us, we all know where to go to – Cybercafes in Ilupeju, Festac Town, e.t.c. The topic of Cybercrime is a passion for me and I think the next series of my writings will address that but I really think that the Nigerian Police Force should purge its service and inject sensible and brilliant young men who could be trained to handle serious cases that requires intelligence. I am sure that BBC will gladly put this story of ignorance on their website to scorn us again and expose our high level of incompetence.
The young man involved in this story is not happy and doubts if he will ever be a truly patriotic Nigerian again; having been embarrassed unjustly, while criminals walk freely on every street in Nigeria. But I have a word for those in the same position – This country na we own, we no get another place and we can only speak out and fight those dragging us back!