In 1999, a certain Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was "elected" in a very flawed process to lead the country. He had just been released from prison. Most of those who saw the first published photographs of Obasanjo after his release would doubt they were seeing a man they once knew. Prison life had battered him.
When he got into government, many thought prison had also changed him and he would be a better leader. But we were disappointed. Nigeria ended up much worse under his tenure. Under him a serving attorney-general was murdered in yet unresolved circumstances. A comical perspective to his reign was summarized by Pius Adesanmi in his writing for Saharereporters http://goo.gl/l8CKU8. Motor park tout, Tokyo, became the lord of Ibadan, Uba became the garrison commander of Anambra. One Adedibu became the treasury keeper of the government in Oyo State.
