Let me start with a question: When does a joke become a political weapon? In Nigeria’s Senate, where decorum is often a performance, the line between levity and insult is as thin as a politician’s promise. Last week’s exchange between Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Edo Governor Adams Oshiomhole wasn’t just a squabble—it was a masterclass in how personal history, public memory, and the fragile art of political truces collide. What makes this particularly fascinating is how two seasoned politicians, who’ve weathered storms together, found themselves circling back to a scandal that’s been buried under layers of time and social media noise.
The incident began with a viral video from years ago, one that Oshiomhole has long dismissed as AI-generated nonsense. Yet Akpabio, ever the provocateur, resurrected it during a plenary session, invoking the image of Osh<span style=
