Wednesday, 7 May 2014

A word isn't enough.....

My deepest sympathy goes out to families whose loved ones were cruelly snatched from them these past days, weeks, months and years, by greedy corrupt incompetent and unrepentant rulers.if you still think boko haram is solely responsible for the recent spate of bloodshed we're experiencing, then I'm sorry, but you're living in denial. Our problems are more than just taking down a group of blood thirsty extremists. We need to start realizing that there's little or no difference between our "appointed" rulers, I refuse to refer to them as elected, because to the best of my knowledge, they were not credibly elected and so can't be accorded the respect of being referred to as elected,  because referring to them as elected also signifies they're winners, something we've not had in a while now. Anyway, there's little or no difference between those appointed bigots and the infamous killer sect that keeps wrecking havoc and causing us pain. The only notable difference is the fact that one prefers unleashing violence, while the other is more comfortable using the pen, propaganda and frivolous agendas to murder its citizens.
Our rulers want to make us believe that the extremist group popularly called boko haram are solely responsible for the death of hundreds of citizens but I've refused to believe that lie. Our rulers are as culpable as this blood thirsty sect. Their incompetence alone at  providing security for us against this recent spate of terror is enough to point fingers at them. The nonchalant attitude at which they're handling our insecurity is another evidence and the ease at which they wittingly use our pains and sadness for political witch hunting and arguments with the opposition is appalling to say the least. Even the self dignified opposition is culpable, constantly waiting for a misfortune to befall us  so they can paint themselves as saints against our rulers. It's almost like the opposition sit at home and pray for these things to happen, so they can have a chance to prove how incompetent our rulers are. Please tell us something we don't already know. We have to realize that to defeat whatever enemy we have,we need competent leaders. You may be counting only the hundreds that die from bomb blasts alone, clearly omitting the other hundreds that die from accidents caused by bad roads, thousands that die from hunger and poverty caused by unemployment and corruption. Our rulers are also extremists. They may not be religious extremists, but they're money hungry greedy extremists. They are fanatics for money. Looting our treasury at will for selfish gains. We're caught in the middle of the battle between  murderous extremists and money hungry, corrupt, incompetent rulers and to an extension, the opposition. I think our rulers should be held accountable for every citizen we've lost to those misguided extremists, because they should be responsible for our well being. In fact I think our rulers are worse, because they empowered this sect by their glaring incompetence at handling anything that isn't looting. Worse still, they murder us everyday on the roads by their continuous refusal to rehabilitate those death traps. So when u do the math, you'll realize our rulers have murdered more citizens than this killer sect. So if it was a competition, our rulers would flawlessly win this sect and don't forget their incompetence birthed the new reign of terror we are experiencing.
Alone with my thoughts, I can't help but question the sincerity of our rulers. I constantly ask myself, why are they only comfortable with condemning the act? Why aren't they as pained as we are? Could it be because they haven't been directly affected? Could it be because they really don't care? All these questions need answers. Our rulers have totally failed us. They failed to even live up to the low expectations we set for them. We never asked for too much. In fact if I know us well, we never ask for too much. We are used to the usual power outage, lack of regular water supply, bad roads, corruption, but now you want us to get used to bomb blasts. I say no to that. We are collectively saying no to that. We have tolerated all your vices and incompetence through the years, but this particular one, we won't tolerate. We refuse to believe that you won't win this fight for us. We refuse to believe we can't win this fight for our generations yet unborn. It's really saddening that the only improvements we see are on the pages of newspapers, and you still take time out of your busy schedule to lie to us. How dare you? How dare you lie to us about our security situation like we are some dumb flock? We are no longer that gullible. I think  you've failed to notice times have changed. Even the enemies you're fighting have changed tactics but you're too egotistic and ignorant to notice. Maybe you're more concerned with filling your bank accounts. Keep doing what you think is more important that the well being of your citizens. Soon enough this beast you created would stop hunting us and start hunting you, maybe thats when you'll start taking it seriously, or you'll probably call on your fat accounts to save you. We are watching.

2 comments:

  1. A word isn't enough to quantify d damages and heartburns dis collective group of truants (FG and sects) av caused... May d souls of d departed RIP... Lovely article sir, couldn't agree more.

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    1. A word can never be enough to express our present state

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