In Nigeria, it has become the norm or constituted practice for indicted corrupt political office holders to appear on wheelchairs, or in a framed unhealthy state, especially when charged for fraud and embezzlement of public funds. For a man in his sane mind to have looted/embezzled/diverted public funds for no other reason(s) than his own self-interest, he should be branded as a cruel man who has no empathy for the poor. Such a man can eat bitter kola and step it down his gullet with two shots of Alomo bitters, without frowning his face.

From the Dasuki Sambo to Abdulrasheed Maina, Olisa Metuh, Femi Fani-Kayode, and more; we've seen a host of corrupt government officers who are guilty of this act. In some instances, a good number of the defense counsels seek for an adjournment on the court hearing, citing their clients' poor health condition as one which needs an immediate and uninterrupted medical attention. When one of such corrupt political office holders is put on a wheelchair, his head hangs down with glasses covering his swollen and tired eye balls. This is mere theatrics! Now, you're sorry for your bad, inhumane actions, and want to be pardoned by the judge and the public? No way! An African adage goes thus: "One who pelts another with stones shouldn't expect pebbles in return."

But, what do they do with all these looted monies? Buy big mansions and real estate holdings, purchase million dollars yachts, own a fleet of expensive cars whose sum is equivalent to the national budget of some third world countries.... The elders used to say that the money realised when you don't work for it, will never last with you. On the contrary, if you're lucky to spend and use the money to your desired taste, your coming generations will dance sadly to the reverberating consequential beats of the leather skinned drum of nemesis.