On Monday Atiku begged the court of appeal to allow him bring cinema to court. He said he had 48 videos. He said they would blow their minds...

The judges granted his application.

His supporters jumped into bars and drank themselves to stupor. They said the movies Atiku had would shatter the earth!

Atiku has hosted the film show. Those who watched it left with heavy sighs. He came with four films.

One starred one noisy Igini, the INEC electoral commissioner for Akwa Ibom. He acted Aladin without flying carpets. He talked about the INEC and its plans to use electronic transmission of results. An old movie that had been played into disuse at akara junctions...

Another was a movie about the training of INEC staff. They were shown being trained on how to do electronic transmission of results. When it ended people waited for the part 2 so they could see how the staff actually did the transmission of results on election day...

But whoooside! No part two!

Yet another was a movie which had one military officer of another era saying that the army was not in possession of Buhari's certificate. That was a movie produced by the Jonathan's regime. That substandard movie had since been moved into the archives in the section for big flops.

Once lights were turned on, Buhari and APCs counsels jumped on the movie man, Showumi.

They asked him if Igini was INEC's spokesman. He said "no"...

They asked him if he was aware the electoral law currently does not permit electronic transmission of results. He stared at them...

They asked him why he came with obsolete movies and why he didnt come with movies about what happened on election day, to show how the election was rigged and their mandate stolen...

He stared at them...

They asked him if he would borrow them his TV and allow them show the court one movie. He looked at the DVD in their hands, shook his head, packed his TV and ran away...

Atiku supporters followed him, heads bowed. Their popcorn uneaten, cold, in their hands.

They say Atiku is coming...

I say, toh! Madallah...

(c) Ugo Egbujo