How many will die in God’s name?

I am sure by now we all know without need for argument that we have two kinds of terrorists in this country, Boko Haram and our politicians. The latter have actually killed more; imagine the man who stole 2 Billion Naira from some poor pensioners, do you have an idea how many innocent and hardworking men he has killed?

As much as killing a fellow human is against all my beliefs as a human being, I also know and acknowledge the truth that the human history is laden with a plethora of blood shedding campaigns and strife. That said, we Nigerians as a people have come thus far, with a fight for independence, a civil war and a bloody wrestle of power from our own military as experience, we have come to realize that beneficial changes requires sacrifices which sometimes mean loss of lives.

I have always known and said that whenever we are ready to move this country forward each and every one of us must be prepared to lose our lives and that of those dear to us, do not forget how difficult this present government has found it to expose a singular thief/terrorist. Does this mean we do not have the needed human or technological wherewithal to prosecute these men? The answer is no, we have all the needful to send them all to jail, all we need is what we lack and that is the will, the passion to want to do it right. Alas this passion is lacking in the leadership and it has ultimately cascaded to the followership, how did we manage to have all our past governors walk free today despite the level of decay in every public department and their extremely brazen flamboyances?

As it is we may make bold to say that this present kingdom suffereth violence and the violent may be able to take it by force; meaning a desirable level of normalcy will never be restored by the asking, it will definitely take some violence, believe this, the people in charge of our woes are not willing to leave— Farouk Lawan and Maina’s drama is an apt example of what obtains and there is no end to the injustice and terrorism perpetrated on our commonwealth by these very few. Now when some of the naïve youths who are passionate for a change in their situation unfortunately play into the hands of a waiting opportunist, one, who has seen their pains, need and anger and readily provides them with an option of dying for God. They happily embrace the idea of death not because they love to die but because death is a better choice than the repugnant living condition foisted on them by the past and present terrorists we call leaders. Thus the work of the man shopping for young men to unleash terror on the entire populace was made easy!

It automatically follows that a hungry and vulnerable man whose living condition is more gruesome than dying in God’s name will take up arms against any given enemy, real or imagined, in his state of hopelessness a little brainwash is necessary to make him yield.

Let me state clearly that I am against the idea of Boko Haram actions and I will never for any reason advocate killing innocent men as a means to any end. Whatever the end may be, there is no justification for shooting randomly and throwing shrapnel at unarmed individuals. If we are tired of our leadership we may want to learn from the Libyans and or the Egyptians, we can learn from their experiences before, during and after the uprisings.

As I said earlier the days of an impending colossal awakening are near, we cannot continue this way, it is absolutely unsustainable. It is either Boko Haram shuts this entity called Nigeria down like they did Kaduna in the past few days or some of us for lack of what to eat, where to sleep, cloths to wear and water to drink, arise to say we prefer an uprising to this ghastly living condition and join hands to chase our number one enemy, the politicians, not only out of power but out of town.