The federal government of Nigeria speaking through Vice President Yemi Osinbajo claims that a group called the Niger Delta Avengers is causing an economic recession.
That same group announces a ceasefire
and instead of the government to move in and embrace the offer of peace
and possible lower the pool of the militants operating in the oil-rich
region of the Niger Delta, they go ahead and launches “Operation
Crocodile Smile’.
It turns out that the militants have
responded to Crocodile Smile with Crocodile tears. Read up on 2nd World
War history and find out what crocodile smile means to Japanese soldiers
who had to go to battle in swampy jungles that they knew nothing about
the terrain.
Let me tell you a bit about it. The
crocodiles waited quietly or the Japanese troops to settle in. At night,
when the troops were sleeping, the crocodiles attacked from all
direction in unbelievable unison. It is reported that when the attacks
were launched, the Japs prefered to be taken prisoner by the opposing
army than remain in the swamps.
I have consistently called for dialogue
between the federal government and Tompolo. I have called for the Buhari
government to engage Niger Delta leaders. I have asked that the
demonising campaign against Asari Dokubo be stopped and rather he be
engaged to engage “the boys”.
I have also asked that Ijaw youth like Eric Omares be engaged to work towards bringing peace to the region.
Oil installation costing millions of dollars need not be destroyed any longer.
I have also maintained that Ayiri Emami
has lost whatever goodwill he was enjoying in the Niger Delta. By
choosing to castigate his neighbours, the Ijaws, and seeing a defeat of
the Ijaw people as his personal victory, he is no longer useful in the
process for peace.
A leader like Michael Ejele Diden would be more capable of negotiating for peace.
But of course, idiots have come out and
told the federal government that they will crush the militants. This is
after intelligence reveals that only one person with a bazooka can take
down a pipeline and that even the whole US Army cannot secure every inch
of the oil pipelines that crisscross our backyards.
I keep telling the fools to choose peace and COMMUNITY POLICING.
This destruction is how much in dollars
to repair? More importantly, how much production is lost thereby before
the repairs take place??
Idiotic leadership, spurred on by online Idiots advising them on foolish paths.
Ena
Ofugara studied law in the University of Benin for some years before
leaving Nigeria for the United States where he is studying while
working. He has a passion for Nigeria. He has a clear bias for his
people of the Niger Delta and he believes the Nigerian system – justice,
social, economic – is rigged against his people. So he became a social
and political commentator to highlight this injustice. Connect with him
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The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author.
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