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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 5(7), pp. 562 - 569
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050707
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Corruption War, Trial Carnivals and Molebi Theory
Dapo Thomas *
Department of History and International Studies, Faculty of Arts, Lagos State University, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
The Buhari government has made war against corruption a fundamental component of its agenda for national rebirth. Since the administration was invested in May 2015, it has waged a relentless and persistent war on corrupt government functionaries of previous administration(s). This study was designed to examine the implications, the mechanisms, the contradictions, the dynamics and politics of Buhari's corruption war. This study investigated the socio-political dimensions of this war and the role(s) of national institutions. It adopted a descriptive design using a cultural construct, Molebi theory, to examine, analyse and interrogate the carnivalization of the trials of the suspects. This may not be a new phenomenon, but the energies and creativity that go into it these days showed a political trend that is capable of turning suspects' trials into a circus. The Molebi theory is used to identify and interpret the cultural creed which serves as a mantra of mobilization in support of politicians who are benefactors to their respective families and political associations. A nation that is lamenting a systemic dysfunction in its polity as a result of brazen and chronic prebendal and primitive accumulation should not in any circumstance raise an altar for the celebration of corruption by dancing to court in aso ebi in support of a rogue politician that is being tried for looting of the national treasury. The carnivalization of the trial of a rogue politician diminishes our values, insults our sensibilities, pollutes our cultural space, destroys the foundation of our polity and encourages communal scrambling for the endless gulping of our common wealth.
KEYWORDS
Cultural Construct, Molebi, Carnivalization, Systemic Dysfunction, Political Values
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[1] Dapo Thomas , "Corruption War, Trial Carnivals and Molebi Theory," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 5, No. 7, pp. 562 - 569, 2017. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050707.
(b). APA Format:
Dapo Thomas (2017). Corruption War, Trial Carnivals and Molebi Theory. Sociology and Anthropology, 5(7), 562 - 569. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050707.