
YAHAYA BELLO, LOUIS XIV AND THE LIMITS OF ABSOLUTISM
*By Tunde Olusunle Since he became governor in circumstances which remain fuzzy over seven years ago, Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi State, has left no one in doubt about his totalitarian grip on the north central state. He is the be-all-and-end-all of the potentially rich, but pathetically indigent and decrepit state, whose style reminds…