Parallel political drama at home and abroad

Roughly a year ago, I blogged about theparallel feuds between the leaders and their "vices" in the UK and in Nigeria http://uknaija.blogspot.com/2005/09/leaders-squabbling-with-their-vices.html

Imagine my surprise therefore to find a year on, the simmering feuds bursting to the surface suddenly, unexpectedly- In the UK, Brownites forced Tony Blair to announce today that he would not be attending the Labour conference next year as Prime Minister. This announcement did not seem to go far enough for the Brownites who wanted a firm departure date and promised to keep baying for blood. What the reaction of the Blairites would be, who can tell? There were rumours of a heated confrontation between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown yesterday, alleged to be the worst ever between the two men.

Meanwhile back in Nigeria, the long simmering cauldron of bitterness between Obasanjo and his vice president Atiku bubbled over as the President sent a request to the Senate requesting the impeachment of his vice president, on the alleged grounds of corruption. As the Atiku camp struggled to fight back, potentially with a proposed impeachment of the President, I wondered if a scenario I've long hoped for would come to pass- a situation where Nigerian leaders dished the dirt on each other- it'll be interesting to see how this plays out...

Who would have thought that this would all come spinning into the open now- have the holidays had anything to do with it? Perhaps plans were honed and polished during the recess and are now being put into play....