Seizing Power
Was it a protest, a prank, or “an act of treason”? That last is the description given by Aliyu Abdullahi, spokesman for the senate of an African country that can’t be named because of spam filters. The senate was meeting in Abuja, the capital, when armed men (suspended Sen. Ovie Omo Agege is accused of leading them) made off with its mace, the symbol of its power, without which it cannot make laws. But the incursion didn’t stop the legislature for long. “I removed my waist belt,” said Sen. Shehu Sani, and put that in the mace’s place “for us to continue.” Other senators accepted this, but then a backup mace that presumably resembled the original more closely was brought forward. (AC/CNN) ...If you think snatching a symbol can stop a legislature, you’re making a big mace take.Original Publication Date: 29 April 2018
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 24.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 24.
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