Many have argued that there is no morality in politics; not only in our clime but also in other otherwise politically sophisticated climes like the West. Those who argue along this line would always be quick to refer to the saying that “the end justifies the means.” In other words, they consider politics to be a do or die affair where, according to Shakespeare in one of his all-time intriguing books, Macbeth, said “Fair is foul and foul is fair.” To a typical politician and their likes, power is the ultimate end of politics, not necessarily to serve humanity but to serve self at the expense of the people even if it means crushing one’s enemies to attain such power. Some call it being pragmatic, while others say it is primarily a matter of self-interest after which all other things may align.
While a majority of politicians all over the world think in line of the above, only very rare number of them with the conscience to do good by all irrespective of ethnic, religious or even party differences, still abound.
One of such leaders is the President of the 10th Senate, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio. And one political leader who recently testified to this fact is no other but a former Senate President himself, Senator Olubukola Saraki.