Nigeria, Jan. 5 -- Unlike every human being alive today, Senator Dino Melaye had his own 2019 crossover at about noon on Friday January 4, more than 72 hours after everyone on planet earth had moved into the New Year.

The senator, perhaps bored by the never-ending theatrics of 2018, finally pitied the Nigerian police authorities and surrendered Friday. The police had been at his residence since the last week of 2018, preventing the senator from setting his eyes on the beautiful sun of 2019.

Ceteris paribus, it may not be inappropriate to officially welcome the hardworking senator into the season and wish him a happy new year. Of course it is pointless invoking that Tai Solarin's cliched line--'May your road be rough'--for the senator he...