Nigeria, Dec. 17 -- Udom Inoyo, the former ExxonMobil chief, must be a fulfilled man. A few years ago, he came up with an extraordinary idea - that of instituting an award to boost investigative journalism in Akwa Ibom State. It was the first of its kind.
At that time, not a few people thought he was trying to advance his political profile by cuddling the media. This was shortly after his retirement from the international oil firm as executive vice chairman.
It is possible that those who bandied the opinion were not completely misguided, because he was assumed to be in the race for the governorship of Akwa Ibom State. That's a different story.
However, the question that came to mind was if indeed he wanted to serve as governor, would he ...