Diverse Reactions To Terrorists: Russia, France and Nigeria.

by Eze Eluchie

One more reason why we are where we are and the rest of the world keeps on forging ahead is encapsulated in the reaction of our current President to terror when compared with how others react to terror:

"To forgive the terrorist is up to God, but to send them to Him, is my duty."

"There's no statute of limitations for this, we need to know all of their names. We're going to look for them everywhere wherever they are hiding. We will find them in any place on Earth and punish them."

-        Vladimir Putin, Russian President responding to the downing of Russian Plane by ISIS terrorists.

'We will lead the fight and we will be ruthless, and we had to be here among the people who were subject to these atrocities because when the terrorists are capable of doing such acts, they must know that they will face a France very determined - a France united'
'France will destroy ISIS'
- Francois Hollande, French President responding to ISIS attacks on Paris.

"An attack against Boko Haram is an attack against the North"

 "If the Boko Haram leadership eventually agrees to turn over the Chibok girls to us – the complete number – then we may decide to give them amnesty!"

-        Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s President responding to efforts by Nigerian army to contain Boko Haram

Could the Heads of Governments above be talking about the same problem? Extremist Islamist terrorists who have killed thousands and continue to threaten to kill many more thousands? For global efforts to diminish and eventually eradicate extremist Islamist terror, wheresoever it may exist, to succeed, there must be unanimity of purpose and efforts and zero-tolerance for entities or administration which hobnob with these despicable creatures or in anyway offer them respite, refuge or relevance.

The fact that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is continuing with its devious path to ‘negotiate’, offer pardon and or amnesty to a group that continues to bomb, behead, inclusive of lethal suicide-bomber attacks within the past three days in Yola and Kano (cities in Northern Nigeria, which led to the death of over 40 persons and injury to several hundreds, and in so many other ways terrorize not just Nigerians but also the international community, by means of their avowed affiliation to ISIS, is indeed most troubling.

Muhammadu Buhari’s government has ordered the release of countless Boko Haram terrorists and gone into negotiations with some of them with a view to according them safe passage from justice - at the same time, the Buhari regime is marshalling Nigerian soldiers to ‘crush’ peaceful protesters in Nigeria’s South-East and South-South regions (a zone Muhammadu Buhari has derisively referred to as those who gave him 5% votes and whom he wil treat unequally with the rest of Nigeria), calling for the restructuring and renegotiation in of the Nigerian contraption.

Muhammadu Buhari, the world is watching with increased and steadily increasing interests....

Picture: Russia’s Putin, France’s Hollande and Nigeria’s Buhari.

Scrap The EFCC!

by Eze Eluchie,  

Over the years, each passing head of Nigeria's omnibus anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has from their involvement in sleaze and other impure activities served to embarrass not only the law enforcement community, locally and internationally, but also added to the poor perception of Nigeria (by Nigerians and the international community alike) in matters regarding corruption.

From Nuhu Ribadu (who transformed the EFCC to a thuggish-Gestapo outfit doing the bidding of then Head of State Olusegun Obasanjo) to Farida Waziri (who spent here period in office hobnobbing with some characters her office was meant to prosecute) to the immediate past helmsman, Ibrahim Lamorde (who was busy diverting whatsoever the agency was recovering from ‘corrupt persons’ and ran out of Nigeria, under the pretext of ‘going for medical treatment’ to avoid appearing to defend sundry allegations before the Senate of the Federal Republic), all former Chairmen of the EFCC had been disgraceful in office. All past heads of the EFCC have left their offices 'better financially endowed' with 'bulging pockets' and leaving the rest of us wondering how such scams could have been perpetuated under the guise of an entity established to lead the ‘war against corruption’. There is likewise no believe or hope, whatsoever, that the newly appointed acting-Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, who himself is a veteran of the rot in the establishment, will be any different.

The root problem of the EFCC lies in its foundations – it was set up by a most fraudulent character, ex-dictator Olusegun Obasanjo, whose real objectives were far removed from addressing corruption.

The way forward is to scrap the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, merge its existing operations and activities with the already existing and well established Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), then build up the capacity of the SFU with specialized training's and beefing up the infrastructure and equipment available to the SFU-NPF. Is the SFU-NPF populated by angels? Certainly no! But the Police Force has a more established structure with inbuilt and time-tested rot-sifting mechanisms which is more amenable to judicial review, scrutiny and legislative oversight.  

In addition to the people of Nigeria who have lost so much to the rot in the EFCC, others who have been equally scammed by the unfortunate happening in the EFCC include the various foreign missions which had bestowed huge sums in prepping up the EFCC – save of course those foreign entities who merely used the EFCC to serve as a ‘loot recovery agent’ to protect the foreign governments interests.

Are we safe writing on this topic? Hmmmm. Well, we already live in a very unsafe environment.

Let us scrap the EFCC!

Picture: EFCC logo, past Chairpersons of the EFCC: Nuhu Ribadu, Farida Waziri and Ibrahim Lamurde; and acting Chair, Ibrahim Magu.

War On Terror: There Are More Questions Than Answers.......

by Eze Eluchie,

Did it have to take the dastardly attack by ISIS on Paris (13^th November 2015) for the French authorities to realize what mortal harm ISIS posed to humanity and then embark on the massive ariel bombardment of Raqqah and other ISIS positions in Syria?

Why has the United States and its partners failed and or refused to share intelligence on ISIS with other countries willing to take on ISIS? Only sharing required intelligence with France after the sordid attacks of 13^th November.

Will Amnesty International, and other such groups, which had the temerity to accuse Nigeria’s military of ‘war crimes’ and ‘crimes against humanity’ in response to our soldiers robust reaction to the Chibok ‘abductions’ have the guts to dare question the right of France to hit back at terrorist elements, wherever they are and whosoever their backers are, who attacked France on 13^th November?

Why has the world tolerated the romance between Saudi and Turkish authorities and ISIS thus far?

Why is there yet no unified stance against all Islamist terrorist organizations and their funders, across the world? ISIS, AQIM, Al Nusra, Boko Haram, Al, Shabaab or whatsoever!

In the global 'war against terror', there simply are much more questions than answers. And as the old reggae song goes, ‘the more I ask, the less I know’.

Picture: French President, Francois Hollande, declaring the ISIS attack on Paris an act of war to which France will ‘revenge’.