by DAPAR SATMAK ALEXANDER
Nigeria is undoubtedly passing through one of its most debilitating and enervating moments. In fact, Nigerians has never known peace since the emergence of Boko Haram, a terrorist organization that literarily means “western education is sacrilege”. Nigerians have perpetually lived in deep fear and apprehension because of the deadly scourge of this dreaded group whose sole aim is to antagonize western education and democratic structures. This group of deadly insurgents have killed, maimed, and destroyed valuables in horrifying proportions. Apparently not satisfied with their utterly diabolical movement, they keep increasing in unquantifiable dimension and keep killing on a massive scale. I have watched their activities closely, and I have come to the logical conclusion that these insurgents are the greatest enemies of our dear country Nigeria and enemies of democratic progress. I condemn in the strongest possible terms, their heinous, barbaric, diabolical and sinister activities. They have truncated development, shattered peaceful co-existence, ruined the destinies of people, instilled incurable pain in many hearts, sabotaged concerted efforts towards growth and development, stoked the flames of division across religious line, and as well made life short, brutish, and fraught with numerous uncertainties.
By and large, Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora have directly and indirectly tasted the bitter pills and did bear the brunt of Boko Haram insurgency. It is unhelpful at this time that we need peace as a matter of urgency to effectively and efficiently contribute to nation building and make our dear country stand tall in the comity of nations.
At this juncture, I sincerely salute the courage of President Goodluck Jonathan for fearlessly confronting the evil and satanic menace of Boko Haram by declaring a state of emergency in three Northern states of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa considered to be the strongest spiritual base of the insurgents. This giant stride and worthy development is a step in the right direction and capable of curbing the recklessness and menace.
To a large extent, the military blitzkrieg and onslaught going on there is yielding fruits as we are seeing the gradual return of order and stability.
Ironically, despite the fact that Muslim faithful all over the globe are observing a 1 month fasting and prayer to commemorate the peaceful and holy month of Ramadan, some agents of destabilization are still bent on unleashing terror on innocent people. These insurgents have killed students, youth corpers, old men and women, children, pastors, Islamic clerics, and even foreign nationals. Nobody is left out of their wrath. They have bombed churches, government establishments, destroyed telecommunication installations, attacked journalists, burnt down schools, destroyed media outlets, looted money in banks, destroyed police stations and carted away with sophisticated weapons meant to be used to engender security. Certainly, these are not the best of times for Nigerians. Some have been rendered sick, homeless, hopeless, poverty-stricken, and slaves. These are not friends of Nigeria. These bloody murderers are more blinder than the bat, utterly visionless, grossly unpatriotic, blatant retrogressive and saboteurs. They are standing on the wrong side of history. I cry for my dearly beloved country Nigeria. I wholeheartedly sympathize with those affected from the unsavory activities of our enemies. I encourage our people to be more vigilant. I equally encourage the government not to rest on its oars in flushing these agents of darkness out of our land.
(Culled from viewpointnnigeria.com)
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