The average life expectancy for Nigerian men, according to the World Health Organization, is 54.7 years, yet many Nigerians call a 41-year-old senator a “youth” and attribute his thuggish idiocy to his age.

Some even go so far as to say that his behavior represents a diminution of the arguments for the “Not Too Young To Run” initiative.

For starters, a 41-year-old person is NO “youth” by any definition of the term anywhere in the world. The UN defines youth as people between the ages of 15 and 24. In Nigeria, “youth” officially refers to people between the ages of 18 and 35. Second, Senator Abbo didn’t need the “Not Too Young to Run” law be to be a senator.

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