WITH KID GLOVES

''an un-ending cycle usually gets broken''


the events of 26th October 2010 is one day that would not be forgotten in a hurry, at least not for SSS operatives, the Lagos State Government, journalists who were at the scene and most important presumably law abiding citizens of this country who were shocked to the bone as they watched rocket launchers, hand grenades, guns and ammunition, and other weapons of mass destruction being offloaded at the  A P Moller terminal at  Apapa port right here in Lagos.17 days later after this event nothing impressive has come out of all the flurry the discovery of these weapons have caused.  Good enough there have been reports of some diplomatic talks with Iran who have claimed partial responsibility for rerouting these weapons through our Apapa port, though the accused being a Government representative of Iran here in Nigeria cannot be held and questioned without the permit of Iranian Government, this approval has equally been granted.
In the midst of all these, the matters arising point to an unhealthy relationship with Iran, which makes Nigeria an  even closer Allie to the US and other countries presently against the uranium enrichment  nuclear programme in Iran. Worrisome is the ease with which  the minister of foreign affairs calmly feels its an all that meets the eye issue that can be handled like the 687billion in annual subsidees he once spoke about and couldn't deliver.