by IS’HAQ MODIBBO KAWU
But the most incredible intervention must belong to David Mark, Nigeria’s number three citizen, who wanted the kidnappers’ “law of the jungle” to be met by the state’s own law of the jungle; David Mark, an archetype of military dictatorship was actually seeking a return to impunity in dealing with kidnappings. Mark wanted a “declaration of a state of emergency” to stop kidnappings. Almost like a burlesque, but this is the shallowness of mind with which Nigeria is ruled. Complex social issues are reduced to just a law-and-order problem that need a jackboot to crush; no sociological analysis; no appreciation of the underlying political economy; consequently problems persist and fester, deepening the perception that Nigeria is hurtling towards a failed state. IGP Onovo even reduced the problem to an ethnic one, appealing to the Igbo people to save his job by ending kidnappings; Daily Trust last Thursday reported that Israeli MOSSAD spooks were even drafted into the search for the kidnapped journalists, thus ridiculing our country’s sovereignty. And as usual, there have been plenty of prayers: by NUJ and NAWOJ! No thinking, all prayers! That about sums up the attitude deployed to problems of society.
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