Nigeria, Aug. 20 -- The money that politicians didn't spend in Osun during the August 15 governorship election was the money they didn't have and couldn't steal. All kinds of figures have been bandied about, in hundreds of millions and billions. It's difficult to say if these are over- or underestimations. But damn, it was some cash!

Credible sources suggest that the main opposition, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), may have spent nearly N40 billion (Davido told News Central it was N110 billion), mainly through contributions from the 20 governors and at least 50 members of the National Assembly, who descended on the state for four days.

Shelling out the money

The Accord Party and its supporters were also determined not to b...