Jailing Former Presidents! By Ozodinukwe Okenwa
Jailing Former Presidents! By Ozodinukwe Okenwa
South Africa recently witnessed days of rage, fire and fury following the incarceration of the former President of the country, Jacob Zuma. He was officially accused of grand corruption and abuse of office as investigations intensified over the heist he organized while presiding over the Rainbow nation for close to a decade. And his manifest disdain towards the judiciary led to the Constitutional Court issuing an ultimatum for his capitulation which culminated in the apex court sending him to prison for failing to honour summons and convocations.
Jacob Zuma is a perfect example of what is fundamentally wrong with leadership in Africa, a continent where leaders are worshipped by the followers and they in turn create cult personalities by using state resources at their disposal as tools of oppression and terrorism. Almost all the leaders in the poor continent are dented by corruption or
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