A World of Intrigue and Betrayal: The Fall of Chuba Okadigbo

Chuba Okadigbo, then President of the Nigerian Senate, attended a party with President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2000, they even danced with each other’s wives and cracked jokes—a gathering seen by many as a strategic move in a time of rising political tension. Despite the appearance of mended fences, Okadigbo was soon after impeached in August 2000, a casualty of Senate maneuvering and accusations of corruption. This episode starkly illustrates the deceptive world of politics, where alliances are fragile, and betrayal can come from those closest to you.

“Although Okadigbo is a stalwart of the PDP, which has solid majorities in the Senate and the lower-chamber House of Representatives, his relations with Obasanjo have been rocky in recent months.
Obasanjo’s aides accused the flamboyant Okadigbo of tacitly backing a failed bid by an opposition senator earlier this year to impeach the president. Okadigbo in turn charges that the presidency orchestrated moves since then to unseat him.”
–Quoted from 2000!