IMO STATE – THE FIRE THIS TIME

You see my fear. These attacks are getting more brazen nationwide. Prison attacked, over 1,000 inmates released. Police headquarters attacked. What is going on, and yet Nero is in the UK having an appointment with his dentist when Rome is burning? The fear in this country is now so palpable, with life uncertain. Everything is going wrong.

We have never had it this bad, Nigeria is really on the brink, and nothing is sacred anymore. Traditional rulers’ palaces looted, insurgency everywhere, banditry, kidnapping. The only efficient thing is our ability to give labels to these things. We sha know how to define these evils.

So kidnapping is different from banditry, is different from insurgency, it is different from robbery, it is different from ethnic violence. As it is happening, we are labelling and have even gone one step ahead to label and attach according to geographical and ethnic lines. But nobody is seeking solutions or an end to the carnage. We are in deep trouble in this country. Real deep trouble, when will all these end? Peace is elusive, I tell you. Sad.