About the author

Related Articles

One Comment

  1. 1

    Abdullah Musa

    There was this Hausa folklore story ( it could have been real life) of an Almajiri ( a Qur’anic school pupil) going into the house of Court courtier to beg for food.
    He was supplicating: may Allah give us peace, prevent upheavals etc.
    The Courtier was incensed, so he dismissed the pupil, saying: stupid boy, if there is no fighting, upheaval, how do we eat?
    The courtier lived from subversion of justice. So if there were no culprits willing to pay for favorable judgement he starved.
    So it is with Nigerians, particularly those who thrive from being in the corridors of power.
    A new election is an opportunity. They can invest time and money according to their ability.
    An election the outcome of which does not favor them is flawed. In fact one of their tools is to find a loophole to exploit. That’s why for long they targeted INEC’s Servers.
    Failing that, they would want to create serious disturbance, hopefully to make the nation ungovernable.
    Millions in Nigeria are living at the periphery for years without succour.
    Even without monetary inducement they would welcome an opportunity to lash out, violently that is, against those whom they see as comfortable.
    Why not work to significantly reduce the number of the deprived?
    How can they, since politicians ( irrespective of party) like to keep private armies?
    ” It is a long way to freedom” as Nelson Mandela wrote.

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

%d bloggers like this: