History will always repeat itself but woe to those who do not learn from history. Year's back when Boko haram started, they started as an innocent group of people asking for peaceful dialogue with the Nigerian government. Even though I don't agree with what they ask for but the best approach a sensible human being should do is to engage them in a dialogue. But what did the government do?
They sent the military against them, to date they're still fighting and innocent soldiers and civilians losing their lives in the hands of boko haram insurgency
When niger delta boys agitated for the injustice against them, the Nigeria government also sent soldiers against them, we all know how it played out, if not for the wisdom of a good man late Umar Musa Yar'adua who called for a peaceful dialogue with the boys and met some of their demands, we would have still been in that right now
When IPOB asked for a referendum, the Nigerian government sent the military to kill them and went ahead to declare them terrorists, to date they have not rested. The same thing happened when Elzakzakky's group asked for the release of their leader who has been in custody for years without trial, Nigeria government sent the military to kill them
The most recent one is the #endsars protest that took place in 2020 when Nigerian youths united for the first time irrespective of tribe, religion, or class to ask for the disbandment of the notorious police unit sars and police reform. What did the government do?
They sent the military to kill the innocent youths
It's no longer news that the third most dangerous terror group in the world Fulani herdsmen have been killing innocent Nigerians in their numbers since 2015 and the government refused to make any move to stop them.
Owing to the deafening silence of the government, the different regions in Nigeria decided to form their regional security outfit to protect their people against the terrorism of Fulani herdsmen.
The southeast governors refused to meet to discuss security challenges in their region which other regions are doing, giving room for IPOB to form a security network which calls Eastern Security Network. Since the inception of that group, the government have been looking for a way to confront them
Now an opportunity presented itself as military officers were sent to fish out ESN members in the southeast, rather than do what they went for, they went into the streets and started harassing g, innocent civilians, leaving ESN members
Does it mean that the Nigerian government does not hear the sound of war that is blaring all over the country?
How can you be fighting the war on different fronts against your citizens with a military that has fewer than 200,000 soldiers?
Nigeria's military has become the riskiest job in the world because every little issue that dialogue can solve, the government will send the soldiers and they keep losing their lives. If they don't take caution, Nigerian soldiers will deplete to the extend that Nigeria as a country will be overrun by insurgents, it's just simple psychology that even the blind can see
There are a lot of angry groups, worse than boko haram and Fulani herdsmen waiting for an opportunity to swing into action and if this irresponsible government don't do the needful now, it might be too late then Nigeria will become ungovernable like one man once said before an election
Some issues are better settled with peaceful dialogue and diplomacy, you don't fight over every little thing. The military is fast losing it's might and number while insurgency is on the rise. Let the government go back to the drawing board now and stop being violent, they'll soon get exhausted and this gun powder waiting to explode will go up.
A word is enough for the wise