Before
2009, in Borno state, the groups we call Boko Haram today did not bear that
name. Though they had their influence and displayed their excesses, governments
at the federal and state did not question those excesses. In 2009, institutions
of the government committed despicable atrocities against the groups, where
some prominent members of the groups were summarily executed, and governments
turned a blind eye. Even the globally cycled news about the atrocities could
not make the governments act. Subsequently, the groups reared their ugly head,
with a nomenclature that subtly defined their objectives, and today they hunt
everybody like a ghost.
Nigerian governments and their institutions created
Boko Haram. Human rights institution that has the mandate to investigate and
expose such atrocities did not act; perhaps it was constrained- people would always
claim.
Today, Boko Haram is not dealing with the governments alone, but also
with the citizens. You may have received a share of their onslaught!
In
Kaduna state, several Shiite Muslims have
been summarily executed by the institutions of government. Similar to Boko
Haram, the atrocities of these institutions are cycled in the news. Yet
governments at the federal and state are turning a blind eye. Even the human
rights institution is acting like a lame duck over such atrocities. The way the
pendulum is swinging, it is not implausible that Boko Haram will soon have a
new brother, this time emerging from Kaduna state. It does not have a name yet,
who knows what it will be? Like the previous governments, these new governments
are not trying to cut through the significant issues. Many families have seen
how their loved ones were summarily executed and mass-buried. The way they see
actions of the government is absolutely different from the way you see it. They
wear the shoes; hence they know exactly where and how the shoes pinch. If you
want to know ask a teenage boy or girl strapped with explosives on a mission to
blow somewhere up. The wounds that have been inflicted are getting alive and
well everyday.
You political sycophants! When PDP was in power you had
friends in top government positions. You glorified every actions and
inactions of the PDP-led government. Today, PDP and your friends are gone, the
new Sheriff- APC led-government- is in town, and you have new friends in high
positions (again). Like a parrot, you are singing their despicable actions towards the Shiites Muslims as if they are some heavenly hymns. I am not surprised because you sycophants are like
seagulls; you chase after a politician's bacon butty.
