An alibi for targeted mass-murders?

by Eze Eluchie

The disingenuous announcement by Mr. Musa Kwakwanso, who rules over Kano State as governor, of a list of 25 names as the totality of victims who perished in the Boko Haram blast at the Kano Luxury Bus Park in Sabon Gari, is patently fraudulent and clearly a ruse to obviate reality. Anyone familiar with the territory, inclusive of the fact of the composition of the population in Sabon Gari, the ownership of the destroyed Luxury Buses, and the proposed destination the bombed buses, will clearly appreciate the dubiousness inherent in Kwakwanso’s figures.

Here we have a governor  (and government) who has never come up with the list of victims of any of the several Boko Haram bombings in his domain, now knowing each and every one of the ‘25’ victims and the place of residence of some of the victims.  Come on Musa Kwakwanso, you can be smarter than that!

Lying to obviate reality does not address pertinent issues – rather it only gives room for more vile crimes to be committed, and yet another spate of lies to be manufactured to cover the filth. This madness continues until the truth blows up, often times, in a most destructive manner.

Every passing day, the need for a holistic restructuring and renegotiation of our contraption becomes more pertinent.

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/kwankwaso-releases-names-25-victims-suicide-bombings-says-senators-discusses-nonsense-abuj

Picture: Musa Kwakwanso, Governor, Kano State, Nigeria.

Chinua Achebe, go in peace. Jee nke oma..

by Eze Eluchie

Today, I mourn the passing on of an Icon.

Chinua Achebe, rest in peace.

Jee nke oma.

Quotes from the late sage:

"The triumph of the written word is often attained when the writer achieves union and trust with the reader, who then becomes ready to be drawn deep into unfamiliar territory, walking in borrowed literary shoes so to speak, toward a deeper understanding of self or society, or of foreign peoples, cultures, and situations."

"There is no moral obligation to write in a particular way. But there is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless."

"The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them."

"You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize. Who ever planted an iroko tree — the greatest tree in the forest? You may collect all the iroko seeds in the world, open the soil and put them there. It will be in vain. The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men."

'Minor Crimes' indeed!

by Eze Eluchie

This questionable character of questionable linage, questionable integrity, questionable educational qualifications, questionable level of addiction to substances of abuse and questionable sources of income, dares to refer to the various acts of mass murders committed by Boko Harm terrorists as “minor crimes”.

I wonder which of Boko Harams many exploits Bola Ahmed Tinubu considers ‘minor crimes’. Is it the slaughter of over 150 people in Kano in 2012? The Luxury Bus Park attack of March 2013 which killed over 60 persons? The various attacks on Churches in Kaduna, Suleja, Zaria, and other locations across northern Nigeria? The bomb blast at the Headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force? The routine killings of military and para-military personnel? Or perhaps the bombing of the United Nations Headquarter complex in Abuja?