The prince, the General, the fallen ally: The mechanics of neutralization (I)

There is nothing new under the sun and nothing new in the spectacle now unfolding between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his former ally, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai. What the public sees as betrayal is the oldest choreography in the theatre of power. El-Rufai’s restrained statement—that he seeks neither revenge nor retribution, that accountability belongs to […]