A bite of the cherry, bad blood or political hypocrisy?

I note with amusement the take of several of us on events of the past two weeks ranging from the much-anticipated elections in Nigeria, the decision of some well-known supposedly non-partisan Ghanaians to run for office as Members of Parliament, and other related matters. I have decided to so describe these seemingly unrelated matters as evidence of a troubling phenomenon in our political life of late.

Let us take the Nigerian elections first.  My readers will remember that in my last epistle before Easter, I wished our neighbours to the east of Ghana the very best even in the face of the most dire predictions of doom and mayhem in the wake of the polls. 

There are indeed professional African doom mongers in this world, and they have active members right here on the continent, assisting strangers and those who do not love the black man to paint all of us in the most negative light possible. 

What is surprising is that these people know we are not the toast of