Start with the constitutional oddity sitting in plain sight. The Board's Charter names Donald Trump personally not the office of the President, not the United States as a state party, but Donald J. Trump as inaugural Chairman, with a term that survives his presidency. He can only be removed through voluntary resignation or a unanimous vote of the Executive Board finding him incapacitated, and he alone selects his successor. No sitting president inherits the chair by virtue of the office; a future occupant of the Oval Office might find themselves outranked, within an organisation their own government helped charter, by a private citizen of their predecessor's choosing.
THE COUP THAT ATE ITSELF By Lawson Akhigbe
How Major Gideon Orkar's abortive putsch of 1990 handed Sani Abacha the power base that would ultimately devour IBB's grand design for permanent rule and why no dictator should ever be grateful to his own saviour.
Nigeria’s “Poorest General” and the Cost of Elite Corruption
In 1993, during the dark days following the military takeover that brought Sani Abacha to power, one Nigerian Army officer took an unusual step. Instead of consolidating his position within the new regime, he walked away.
General Erich Ludendorff Quote on the British Army
What is your favorite quote? Lions led by donkeys
When the Tail Wags the Watchdog: The Death of Local Democracy by Lawson Akhigbe
The genius of constitutional democracy is not merely that elections are held. It is that power is divided. Every institution is expected to possess enough independence to say “no” when necessary.

