i try to avoid issues i know little about, you already know that. so i'm going to keep this short and say it as it comes to me whether or not it makes sense.
from thursday last week, there have been very high level bombings across the northern part of the country. thursday was thisday newspapers abuja, sunday was christian students at the university in kano, monday was ministry of finance in Taraba. as a result of the increased levels of frustrations within the country, it has become a jungle out there. the DPO of a police division in Enugu State was gunned down by four armed men and now its a matter of where will it hit next all over northern nigeria.
So here is how it plays out in my head. you wake up in the morning, toss around for ten minutes after the alarm goes off, remember your 9 am meeting, race to shower and prepare, get in just before 9 and you head in to the board room. you tremble through your slides and then the bilding shakes and theres a loud noise...::silence::
while families wail in complete shock and disbelief, government speech writers are on overdrive, making governors use bland words like "sad incident" and "unfortunate" and then move right on while promising first class medical treatment and bullshit. the president then arrives to inspect the scene of the incident and make the following phrases in good measure: "this is a collective fight against terrorism" (to remove the primary responsibility from himself no doubt), "leaving no stone unturned" (to give the impression that hes strategizing a killer of a solution) and "perpertrators shall be brought to justice" (to make it look like the guys who just blew you up will somehow be made to pay for their actions). and then he flies off to some summit abroad with his usual immense contingent.
right now, it is apparent that the inter-religious conflict that has been simmering in the north over the years has now become a full out war fought under the cover of the Boko Haram menace. since we all tend to assume that every bomb that goes off is set off by boko haram, no investigation is necessary to rule out the possibility that local miscreants with bomb making technology are using bombs as a dispute resolution mechanism. not like if we found them we will be able to stop them anyways, but it would be nice to know why they want to kill harmless people without provocation.
i sometimes wish for a very strong president that could just trump up charges against politicians suspected of funding Boko Haram and keep them engaged trying to untangle themselves from the apparatus of justice while having their funds frozen until proven innocent. then, in an overnight raid (a la osama) he sends the best army personnel to arrest the untouchable kingpins and generally give fire for fire. the truth is, your people are being killed either way, whether you round them all up or not, so whats to lose. and don't pretend i'm the only one that has thought of that option, human rights be damned...but i guess this is what we asked for when we wanted democracy so badly.
so here we are, being used as target practice on a daily basis, and nobody is being fired, everyone's salary in government keeps running fine and life goes on just dandy. i can go on about the inept administration, but i will pass on that one since everyone else is already on it. just to say, for the love of peace, start preparing an exit strategy peeps, just in case we need to head for the borders...just in case. see y'all later
from thursday last week, there have been very high level bombings across the northern part of the country. thursday was thisday newspapers abuja, sunday was christian students at the university in kano, monday was ministry of finance in Taraba. as a result of the increased levels of frustrations within the country, it has become a jungle out there. the DPO of a police division in Enugu State was gunned down by four armed men and now its a matter of where will it hit next all over northern nigeria.
So here is how it plays out in my head. you wake up in the morning, toss around for ten minutes after the alarm goes off, remember your 9 am meeting, race to shower and prepare, get in just before 9 and you head in to the board room. you tremble through your slides and then the bilding shakes and theres a loud noise...::silence::
while families wail in complete shock and disbelief, government speech writers are on overdrive, making governors use bland words like "sad incident" and "unfortunate" and then move right on while promising first class medical treatment and bullshit. the president then arrives to inspect the scene of the incident and make the following phrases in good measure: "this is a collective fight against terrorism" (to remove the primary responsibility from himself no doubt), "leaving no stone unturned" (to give the impression that hes strategizing a killer of a solution) and "perpertrators shall be brought to justice" (to make it look like the guys who just blew you up will somehow be made to pay for their actions). and then he flies off to some summit abroad with his usual immense contingent.
right now, it is apparent that the inter-religious conflict that has been simmering in the north over the years has now become a full out war fought under the cover of the Boko Haram menace. since we all tend to assume that every bomb that goes off is set off by boko haram, no investigation is necessary to rule out the possibility that local miscreants with bomb making technology are using bombs as a dispute resolution mechanism. not like if we found them we will be able to stop them anyways, but it would be nice to know why they want to kill harmless people without provocation.
i sometimes wish for a very strong president that could just trump up charges against politicians suspected of funding Boko Haram and keep them engaged trying to untangle themselves from the apparatus of justice while having their funds frozen until proven innocent. then, in an overnight raid (a la osama) he sends the best army personnel to arrest the untouchable kingpins and generally give fire for fire. the truth is, your people are being killed either way, whether you round them all up or not, so whats to lose. and don't pretend i'm the only one that has thought of that option, human rights be damned...but i guess this is what we asked for when we wanted democracy so badly.
so here we are, being used as target practice on a daily basis, and nobody is being fired, everyone's salary in government keeps running fine and life goes on just dandy. i can go on about the inept administration, but i will pass on that one since everyone else is already on it. just to say, for the love of peace, start preparing an exit strategy peeps, just in case we need to head for the borders...just in case. see y'all later
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Surely, Hobbes had Boko Haram's Nigeria in view when he stated that life is short, brutish and nasty! GEJ is a nicompoop and surrounded by too many fat cats who are too busy subsidising their pockets to tell him a few home truths!
God bless the dead!
Dude, I blog@dainjurer.blogspot.com these days so bring ur acerbic wit over some day!