Anybody in doubt that our contraption as is, is irrevocably
contaminated and in need of urgent rejigging needs only consider the reaction
of the remainder of the population to the senseless killings which occurred in
Baja, Bornu State yesterday.
With over 185 fellow Nigerians killed in a fracas between men of the
Nigerian Army and Boko Haram militants, the rest of the country acts and feels
as though nothing has happened.
The headlines of the newspapers continue to publish mundane matters;
politicians are still struggling one with the other to seize access to seats of
power and, invariably, control and ability to loot with impunity; the Bar
Association is worried about a pending ‘Corporate Manslaughter Offence’ before
the rubber-stamp Senate, and the looting goes on unimpeded.
Worst of all, the person who is supposed to preside over our
contraption, ‘Goodluck’ Jonathan, continues with his regular itinerary
in his fortress in Abuja, receiving visitors, setting up more Committees to
look into god knows what, as though the over 185 lives lost in Baga, Bornu
State were mere chattels.
Whilst the rest of the world are condoling us with messages and feelings
of disbelief and hurt at the carnage we are becoming, our rulers intensify
efforts at setting up scam committees to loot the polity!
Have we gotten so immune to the loss of human life that we are able to
absorb such a calamity without even a shudder? By the nonchalance we view the
violent demise of others; we actually diminish our own humanity.
It is Baga, Bornu State today. Who knows where it will be tomorrow.
Increasingly, the options of renegotiation's and restructuring are
closing at a most alarming rate.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44722&Cr=nigeria&Cr1=#.UXYIWqLvuik
Picture: UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon
I think is the right time UN to help DIVED THE COUNTRY.
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