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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

The day after our own whatever-you-call-it Tuesday

So now that the Nigerian version of Super Tuesday has turned to Black Tuesday, most folk are just focused on getting on with their lives after the intrusion of the live broadcast from the Abuja court room.

The words of Solomon Emifa in today's New York Times seem to capture the mood.

“For us to gamble on another election is not what we are willing to take right now. We have in the back of our minds what is taking place in Kenya, in Somalia, Chad. No one here wants to have that kind of experience. No one wants to die because of a political crisis. Because at the end of the day, these guys are very rich, so we are the ones who are really going to suffer.”

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