"when nightmares of yesterday become tomorrows reality, the bright and promising future becomes darkened with gloom"
As Nigeria continue to ride in its locomotive train of woes, its more than evident how unfortunate and pitiful the situation of the country is. The catch phrase of "fresh air" has long turned foul and a painful reminder of how gullible once again the Nigerian citizens appear in understanding the power play of the game called politics and how the pawns are being moved to favor its officers only.
A world wide phenomenon of the trickery of the elite in and behind the government is the opportunistic advantage of creating chaos and benefiting from it at the same time, while the masses suffer and lives are lost. This is the whole and sole ideology behind war, terrorism, militancy, tribal and religious violence.
The shapes and forms of these violence differs from region to region and the benefits from nation to nation. As the reasons remain vast, its easy to point fingers at prominent figures who have participated directly and indirectly in ways of sponsoring or looking the other way when such atrocities are committed.
An easy proof of this is the resultant benefits for governments around the world during and after every major crises orchestrated by the evil machinations of government sponsored violence. From the benefits of arms trade (Rwanda), to wanton looting of prized possessions and natural resources (conflict diamonds trade in Angola, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Cote d'ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe) Not to forget the constitutional benefits it provides in a way of empowering the government even more, and waiving the rights of the people down to the barest minimum (911).
Away from the deviation and back home.
Despite the less than zero level security experienced everywhere within the country, and most parts of the northern region, the movement for the emancipation of the niger delta militants, (M.E.N.D) once again have resorted to violence. Its first claim this year was the bombing of the country-home residence of the minister for Niger Delta in person of Elder Peter Godsday in Delta state on January the 28th 2012. To further express its grievances, the national Agip oil company trunk-line in Bayelsa state was bombed on Saturday 4th February 2012. Following this successes, more threats have been issued against other South African business interests in the country as regards a continuation of the bombings as a means of fighting against the supposed injustice against one of its significant head, in person of Mr Henry Okah, who is currently being held in South Africa and charged with sponsoring and organizing the independence day bomb blasts of 2010 in Abuja Nigeria.
Within a short period of 12 months, the violence in Nigeria has gradually become as much a pressure point in the region as Iran is in the middle east. Though our democracy is quite young the nation is already suffering symptoms of a failed government.
"one of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics, is that you end up being governed by your inferiors" - Plato
