Nigerian President Breaks Seven-Week Silence | Africa | English

Sure, the absurdity of the situation—president of Nigeria goes missing for seven weeks, is presumed dead—might be funny but I’m sure the ramifications for Nigeria are pretty serious.

It reminds me when Zambia’s President Mwanawasa was in a Paris hospital. All kinds of rumours spread. The most prevalent, and one that many still believe, was that he’d died weeks before the announcement of his death; his cronies keeping it a secret so that they could be better prepared for the ensuing election.