Nigeria, Oct. 17 -- It will take a good observer just a little observation to conclude that Tinubu regime is all out against intellectuals in Nigeria. One can also easily conclude that criminals will always have their ways because we live in a country that values criminals. While no one should be encouraged to join any criminal gangs, it pays to be a criminal in Nigeria than to be an academic. Those who say "school na scam" are finally vindicated by government's actions and inactions.

In Nigeria, murderers, drug barons, hardened criminals, gargantuan and merciless looters can always expect presidential pardon. Read a column I wrote three years ago before Tinubu happened to Nigeria, you will find out that what Tinubu did is not new. He ha...