Reports about raids on defenseless Nigerian communities by Fulani herdsmen have become so common, and therefore normal that they hardly attract the expected human sympathy, shock, or anger that they should. Read HERE an investigative report about the killings in Benue State by Fulani herdsmen, and see that there is no government in spite of Buhari's recent statement that he would no longer allow Fulani herdsmen to attack communities. Exactly, what steps has Buhari taken to wed his statement with action? I cannot tell. Also, few days ago, Fulani herdsmen again launched another attack in Enugu State, again causing death, injuries and destruction. The Enugu State governor again shed tears, and that's all? Would he again go to Aso Rock to bend in obeisance to stolid indifference?
Hours before I decided to post this, while passing through a community in Edo State, I saw a Vigilante member carrying a sophisticated gun as he and colleagues kept vigilance over their community. On their truck doors I read, "Okpella Community Vigilante". I wondered why my State (Benue) Governor Ortom appears too timorous to provide such community defense shield for Benue Communities. Why can't the other States under Fulani herdsmen invasion be brave, daring and proactive in providing adequate and sophisticated defense shield for the people now that the Federal Government is too preoccupied with Boko Haram and Niger Delta insurgencies to protect a soul in their States? Maybe State Security votes should now be applied in a manner that justifies the phrase. Now is the time to dare those that expect the governors, the chief security officers of their States, to equip vigilante groups to save lives Buhari is too weak, incapacitated, or unwilling to protect. Maybe, State Police would rightly emerge thereby. My respect for any government would vanish if it cannot protect lives, just any lives.
Why some Nigerian governors would be afraid to defend their people against the Fulani pogrom:
1. Their hands are not clean, and would therefore not force Buhari to unleash the EFCC against them who would apply to them the Fayose treatment.
My Response: They should rather resign.
2. APC governors would like to remain loyal party members, and must not be "antagonizing" President Buhari.
My Response: Are they loyal then to the blood of their patriots that now cries against their indirect complicity and duplicity?
3.. The governors don't want to lose the "goodwill" of the Federal Government.
My Response: Do they know the meaning of goodwill? Can they yearn for the goodwill of the man that repeatedly rapes their wife or daughters?
4. The governors are afraid of assassination or loss of political relevance.
My Response: Are they not dead already through their cowardice? Does not Mangakis teach us that the man dies who is afraid to speak up in the face of oppression? And why are they concerned about preserving what already they have lost through their insipid lamentations and tears of helplessness?
Hours before I decided to post this, while passing through a community in Edo State, I saw a Vigilante member carrying a sophisticated gun as he and colleagues kept vigilance over their community. On their truck doors I read, "Okpella Community Vigilante". I wondered why my State (Benue) Governor Ortom appears too timorous to provide such community defense shield for Benue Communities. Why can't the other States under Fulani herdsmen invasion be brave, daring and proactive in providing adequate and sophisticated defense shield for the people now that the Federal Government is too preoccupied with Boko Haram and Niger Delta insurgencies to protect a soul in their States? Maybe State Security votes should now be applied in a manner that justifies the phrase. Now is the time to dare those that expect the governors, the chief security officers of their States, to equip vigilante groups to save lives Buhari is too weak, incapacitated, or unwilling to protect. Maybe, State Police would rightly emerge thereby. My respect for any government would vanish if it cannot protect lives, just any lives.
Why some Nigerian governors would be afraid to defend their people against the Fulani pogrom:
1. Their hands are not clean, and would therefore not force Buhari to unleash the EFCC against them who would apply to them the Fayose treatment.
My Response: They should rather resign.
2. APC governors would like to remain loyal party members, and must not be "antagonizing" President Buhari.
My Response: Are they loyal then to the blood of their patriots that now cries against their indirect complicity and duplicity?
3.. The governors don't want to lose the "goodwill" of the Federal Government.
My Response: Do they know the meaning of goodwill? Can they yearn for the goodwill of the man that repeatedly rapes their wife or daughters?
4. The governors are afraid of assassination or loss of political relevance.
My Response: Are they not dead already through their cowardice? Does not Mangakis teach us that the man dies who is afraid to speak up in the face of oppression? And why are they concerned about preserving what already they have lost through their insipid lamentations and tears of helplessness?
Great stuff prof. I have always wondered if the carrying of all categories of arms is lawful. If it is about clearance lets find out rather join in the illicit issue of arms. I believe that is what Ghana was 'hired' to do but look now...
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