Close to 10 years after the gruesome abductions of 276 female students at Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State,
Nigeria has become a notorious destination for crimes of mass abductions, especially of school going youngsters.
If there were those who thought Chibok was too inconsequential to demand inquisition, today, the crime has gone beyond stealing teenage girls of a particular complexion for game and domination, a pastime for sectarian conquistadors. Apart from the immediate threat to life and to scarce resources, the other threat that will take a while to manifest is the damage to education. Already, parents across northern communities have lost confidence in government’s ability to secure children in schools. Schools have been abandoned, with governments even conceding to have them shut.
Since the Chibok crime was not investigated and culprits were not brought to book, it’s as if the State has licensed mass abductions as an enterprise, one with great risk but good returns. When the government of President Bola Tinubu, through the Presidential Spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, alleged that sub-regional forces were at play to humiliate this government, he merely recounted history. Hear him: “I will say this: Across the north, we understand that some of the sub-regional political forces that are currently at play are actively conspiring against the stability of Nigeria.’’
The opposition took advantage of the Chibok disaster to rally voters against Jonathan and his rudderless PDP. Then Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, became the anchor for that campaign to dethrone Jonathan. It’s not late to dig into all that happened in Borno and Chibok, if that will bring solution to the menace of abductions in the north and elsewhere. There’s no profit in whipping up sentiments and alleging that there are plots to destabilise the Tinubu-led government. There are always plots. It is President Tinubu who should rise above politics to deal squarely with the situation.
Nigeria is yet to officially probe the insurgency that began in the northeast. Hundreds of thousands have been killed, yet, there is no inquisition to unearth hidden facts and compel the original conspirators to tell their stories. Until that is done, the insurgents who have morphed into bandits and militias will remain veiled and unknown to law enforcement. Those who have their secrets are in government, they’re playing politics with Nigeria.
But back home, no single financier of terrorism has been uncovered by government. The closest was during the brief encounter with Boko Haram suspect, Kabiru Sokoto, way back in 2012, when he was arrested at the Borno State governor’s lodge in Asokoro, Abuja, alongside a serving military officer. Suspects who were detained at Kuje Prison, Abuja were set free in the 2022 jailbreak.
Mikano Motors recently welcomed Ossai Adaeze Marian as their latest brand ambassador. If the name doesn’t ring a bell yet, here are two clues; ‘Kizz’ and ‘Daniel’.Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has described Nigeria’s presidential system, which vests too much powers and revenues in the centre as a major setback to speedy socio-economic development of the country.
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