Nigeria, April 5 -- I don tire for this country o! In fact, I am really, really fed up! Was it not Emilokan that I sighted at the burial ceremony of Nasir el-Rufai's mother or was I seeing double?"

"O-ti o! You were seeing triple! Mr. President was there life and direct! He landed there gidigba and full ground berekete, as they say! They even gave him a chair to sit on!"

"I am disappointed! What a shame!"

"I can't understand your fury, anger, and anguish. What has the president done wrong?"

"Are you asking me? You must be one of those people who don't understand what is called propriety - what is proper and what is not proper. Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey sang 'Oun ti o daa o daa'. What is not good is not good!"

"Yes, I remember tha...