The Land Without Laws By Dele Farotimi | Sahara Reporters

If you have read me for any length of time, or you are somehow acquainted with me, you would not be surprised at my obsession with the Yoruba language and culture, and you would be familiar with my love for our proverbs and idioms. It is one of our proverbial sayings that has had me in deep cogitations for a few days now. It captures the truth of the Nigerian condition succinctly.

The Yorubas had evolved a civilisation and culture that had intricate governance systems, and that placed a primacy on law and order. The Yoruba nation was built on hierarchy, the culture was in contact with several other cultures, and it has benefited greatly from its eclectic dynamism.

The Nigerian state is itself the most prolific of lawbreakers. The government at all levels, routinely breaks the law, and are equally adept at disobeying the increasingly rare orders, that the cowed and compromised judiciary would occasionally issue against the government. The Federal Government is the biggest lawbreaker in Nigeria, but the truth is that every level of government in the Nigerian state, acts with impunity, and so do the agents and functionaries of government.

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