Time and time again, the Nigerian government has shown that rules and guidelines formulated is not exactly meant for everyone. As long as one is in th
Time and time again, the Nigerian government has shown that rules and guidelines formulated is not exactly meant for everyone. As long as one is in the elite class, one is automatically exempted as the rules does not apply to one.
This fact is currently manifesting as it concerns President Muhammadu Buhari’s late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari who died of COVID-19 yesterday night. The burial rites for the late 82 year old who also suffered from diabetes is ongoing and what is most baffling is the fact that his body has been released to his family for burial, contrary to earlier claims by the minister of information, Lai Mohammed that the bodies of the victims of COVID-19 will not be released to their families.
A few weeks ago, Lai Mohammed had emphatically announced that corpses of victims of the virus cannot be claimed by families as their burial will and must be handled by the Ministry of Health because of the nature of the virus which can be easily transmitted.
But just about an hour ago, his body was not only transported from Lagos to Abuja, hordes of family members, friends and associates were seen receiving the body which was later interred according to Muslim rites at Gudu cemetery, Abuja.
Talk about rules applying only to the poor as succinctly described by George Orwell in ‘Animal Farm.’
