by Eze Eluchie
I wonder who
Goodluck Jonathan thought he was fooling by ‘aborting’ his visit to South
Africa and Namibia under the pretext of the’ increased violence in Nigeria’.
The spike in violence in Nigeria has been a continuum and the only thing Mr.
Jonathan ever does, and will ever do in response thereto, when any of the
various acts of violence occurs, is to issue a nonsensical mundane ‘press
release’ through his press secretary, a chameleonic pretender to the pen
profession, urging all to go about their normal duties and that the ‘government
would destroy Boko Haram shortly’. – Balloons!
For all it
was worth, Jonathan could as well have continued with his frolick from South
Africa to Namibia and extend same to any of the several offshore Islands which
serve as ultimate destinations of loot from Nigeria and remain there for as
long as he can – his coming back to Nigeria is essentially useless to solving
the security crisis Nigeria is facing presently.
The worrisome
dimension of emergence of erstwhile unknown terror groups, such as the ‘Ombatse
Militia’ of the Eggon tribal group in Nasarawa State which recently engaged
security agencies in a battle which claimed the lives of over 90 people (including
over 30 Police Officers, 15 Civil Defense operatives and other security
personnel); the growing effrontery of the Boko Haram terror group in the north attacks
and overwhelms military and police formations and headquarter complexes; and
the recent incredulous boasts of a
militant leader, based in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, who dared the security
operatives to arrest him for provocatively treasonable comments and risk
Nigeria being consumed in violence, are all indicative of the fact that an implosion
of gigantean proportions has moved from the realm of if to when!
The
implications of an implosion in Nigeria will be very dire, not only for the
entire West African sub region, but also with possibility of serious
consequences for the Central African sub-region. The prospect of over 50
million Nigerian refugees swarming through such countries as Benin, Togo, Ghana
and Cameroon (which will be the locations of first contact for Nigerian
refugees in the event of full blown conflagrations), is nightmarish to say the least. It will itself be a miracle if the Governments
and economies of these countries survive the influx and ‘expertise’ of
Nigerians.
Add that scenario to the inroads al-Qeida in the Maghreb (Tanzīm al-Qā‘idah fī Bilād al-Maghrib al-Islāmī) is making in the region and the prognosis becomes particularly horrific.
Add that scenario to the inroads al-Qeida in the Maghreb (Tanzīm al-Qā‘idah fī Bilād al-Maghrib al-Islāmī) is making in the region and the prognosis becomes particularly horrific.
The logistics
required to contain the exodus, will be on a scale that will make nonsense of the
combined resources and capacities of Red Cross, Medicine san Frontiers and
their colleagues in the ‘humanitarian’ industry.
The call for
a ‘restructuring and renegotiation’ of the Nigerian contraption has gone on for
quite a while, unheeded by the kleptocrats who benefit profusely and shamelessly
from the continuing existence of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as presently
structured. The insensitivity of our home-grown kleptocrats, who have obviated
all efforts at a renegotiation and restructuring of the Nigerian contraption, has
attained murderous and self-destructive proportions. As unfolding events are beginning to manifest,
it is apparent that it has become pertinent for preventive measures to be
applied as a matter of utmost urgency, to prevent an Armageddon.
It now
behoves on Lovers of humanity, persons and entities opposed to wanton bloodshed
to congregate efforts and ensure sufficient pressure is brought to bear to
facilitate an expedient and peaceful renegotiation and restructuring of the
Nigerian contraption.
Darkness
beckons.
Picture: Goodluck Jonathan. A huge pity - working hard at becoming the last President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria!
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