The Verdict By Olusegun Adeniyi. Email,
olusegun.adeniyi@thisdaylive.com
“The Don often quoted the saying, ‘Rather a hundred guilty
men go free than one innocent man be punished,’ then added, ‘What a beautiful
country.’”
The foregoing is taken from Mario Puzo’s novel, “The Last
Don”, the gripping sequel to his classic, “The Godfather”. In that short
narrative, Don Domenico Clericuzio was mocking the American justice system he
took maximum advantage of to amass enormous wealth and power, while living
above the law. Yet it is within the context of his sarcasm that one can easily
situate the controversy currently trailing the acquittal last week of Major
Hamza Al Mustapha and Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan, in the murder trial of Mrs
Kudirat Olayinka Abiola.
