Things are further falling apart and the center is gradually getting loose if something is not done fast as a matter of urgency, I wonder where we will see ourselves in the nearest future. People have been crying and shouting for some years now about insecurity in Nigeria but the government and people in authority closed their ears to the cries of the people
I always said that the worst thing that can happen is when people lose confidence and trust in the government, and that's exactly what is happening now. Nigeria's government has always given us the impression that they value terrorists more than law-abiding citizens. Even when it's obvious to everyone that herdsmen are making the country unsafe the government pretends as if they are blind
Now they have issued a shoot-at-sight order to security agencies, is that the best approach to the issue at hand?
We have always known our security agencies to be rascally and unprofessional in carrying out their responsibilities, they have always found pleasure in shooting and killing innocent citizens extra-judicially, now the government is giving them license to kill anybody they see by giving such a barbaric order in the 21st century
It worries me that some people are celebrating this barbaric move by the federal government because that order is "anti-people", it only empowers security operatives to harass people as they have always done but this time, they're backed up by law, so what's worth celebrating there?
We all know that the nation has been hot after the 2020 #endsars protests which left a lot of people dead both civilians and police. Both parties have been enemies to each other since then because the government refused to settle what led to the protests and what can out of it. Giving such order to one party at this time is like asking them to take revenge on the people
Do you know why I think so?
We all know the culprits and perpetrators of all the killings in the country all this while, they have never been confronted, none of them has ever been charged to court. Most times we see them being shielded and defended by the same security operative against innocent, law-abiding citizens, and you think anything is going to be done differently now?
I don't think so
If anything will be done differently now, it will be against Nigeria citizens and not the terrorists, this time they're going to be more brutal and discharge their activities with impunity because they have backing from the presidency, we all know these things
That order, for me, was made to deceive few individuals who still believe in this government. The security operatives themselves "understand" the body language, it's not about what is said but what is intended. There is fire in the mountain. It's no longer funny
C