“For let the gods so speed as I love the name honour more than I fear death”
Brutus in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (I.ii).
The leading political event in the last week of June and first week of July, 2021 is arguably the decamping story of Zamfara State Governor from PDP to APC which came with a lot of controversies known to many in Nigeria. Three people top the headlines in this political instance: Governor Bello Matawalle; Former Governor Abdul’Azeez Yari Abubakar and Distinguished Senator Kabiru Marafa (CON). Of all the three, Senator Marafa is the most heard about. Thanks to his generous and courageous outspoken nature, the nation and the world got the full background of the story in the tireless session he had with the media -print, broadcast, local, international, Hausa and English alike. Senator Marafa’s comprehensive narrative demystified the hide and seek game that inherently characterised the defection story with timely, coherent and transparent updates.