Its barely a week after the ‘murder’ of Emmanuel Victor, a boy aged 20 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State who was allegedly killed by some police officer on October 16, 2011 for condemning an act of bribery and the extortion of money from motorists at a checkpoint on Sanni Abacha expressway. There was another recent act of killing of an innocent lady by a police officer in Ekiti. The latest victim of our ‘supposed’ security enforcement agent is Miss Tayo Abe, a 27 years old lady who was shot dead alongside with her two siblings who escaped with gunshot injuries.
I was furious and heart-broken when I read the killing of Victor on Friday from the Punch newspaper. I remember discussing the sad incident on my Facebook page and with my BBM contacts. While some Nigerians at home and broad condemned the act; some felt the young man wasted his life. I recall a youth said that Emmanuel wasted his life by interfering in a matter that doesn’t concern him. He said since Emmanuel was not the only one around when the police were engaging in their usual character of “anything for the boys act”; he had no right to question or correct them. But while the matter is still “under investigation” as usual, another young lady was shot dead last Thursday in Ekiti. Someone suggested that both parties could be guilty of the fate that was meted out to them. Even if am not a legal practitioner, I am sure the responsibility of judging as to whether someone is guilty or not is never within the jurisdiction of the Nigeria Police Force.
My concern about the whole incidence is our increasing capacity to cope with such abnormality, our capacity for mediocrity is becoming worrisome. While the presidency is yet to react on the incident that happened in his state of origin. It took the public condemnations of Governor Sylvia, the state governor to speak on the matter. The response of Nigerians to the act confirms why we have people who do not care about the populace in power. When I read about Miss Tayo Abe’s killing; I couldn’t help but ask if there is any progress as we confess in this county. While we are busy finding solution to the bombing of book-haram; the daily killing of the police officers is worth looking into to. I think we should fear them more than the book-haram sect now
The Nigerian factor in me would have just kept quiet and watched or better still, discuss it in my closet with my family members and friends like we always do. But the “CHRIST-like” nature in me does not only hate injustice but has mandated me to expose them. Ephesians 5:11 in the NKJV bible said “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them”.Now ‘Ke nako’ like South Africans will say; the time is right for all to answer to God’s clarion call to defend the helpless and help the poor. I have since discovered that self actualization is actually achieved in the process of helping humanity. And knowing fully well that everyone is an extension of God. The question now is how well are you treating the God next to you, I mean your family members, the maid in that house, that gateman, your colleagues at work, that poor family living on your street. Please read Isaiah 58:7 and Matthew 25: 40 – 45 to better understand why we must help.
MY CALL
I call on the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan to act. I am equally not asking you to be a dictator just like every Nigerian did explain to you over the months. We simply want you to be the “president”. Please question and bring to justice these killers. In a country where we live on less than two dollars per day; we don’t even know our faith after you remove the fuel subsidy as proposed. We beg you to give us the right to life. We love this country and we are passionate about her success and growth but the killing of youths perplexes us and makes us doubt whether the country is worth building in the first place.
I propose that the standard of recruiting people into Nigeria Police force be reviewed upward and have a body monitor their progress and activity. I understand there is a unit in NPF that deals with recruitment, discipline and promotion of police officers. I enjoin them to periodically organize trainings/orientation for these police officers, not the “ogas in blue” but the junior officers in black.
I equally enjoin the general public to see fellow citizens regardless of race, age, gender, colour and religion as loveable and the most important creatures on planet earth as created by God. We should treat ourselves with dignity and honour, knowing that God our maker loves us equally and demands justice of whatsoever we do to fellow humans.
I am Bukunmi ‘PREACHER’ Adelani, a progressive Nigerian youth. I represent a generation that believes that Nigeria is a country blessed with the brightest and greatest potentials (human and natural resources) on planet earth. I stand against injustice and mediocrity! Please let us experience the true freedom so we can have peace and be truly united.
Bukunmi ‘PREACHER’ Adelani
Writer and Speaker (life coach), youth leader and community developer
08032096426, 07040421629
Email:bukade@gmail.com
BB Pin: 234343AEA
I was furious and heart-broken when I read the killing of Victor on Friday from the Punch newspaper. I remember discussing the sad incident on my Facebook page and with my BBM contacts. While some Nigerians at home and broad condemned the act; some felt the young man wasted his life. I recall a youth said that Emmanuel wasted his life by interfering in a matter that doesn’t concern him. He said since Emmanuel was not the only one around when the police were engaging in their usual character of “anything for the boys act”; he had no right to question or correct them. But while the matter is still “under investigation” as usual, another young lady was shot dead last Thursday in Ekiti. Someone suggested that both parties could be guilty of the fate that was meted out to them. Even if am not a legal practitioner, I am sure the responsibility of judging as to whether someone is guilty or not is never within the jurisdiction of the Nigeria Police Force.
My concern about the whole incidence is our increasing capacity to cope with such abnormality, our capacity for mediocrity is becoming worrisome. While the presidency is yet to react on the incident that happened in his state of origin. It took the public condemnations of Governor Sylvia, the state governor to speak on the matter. The response of Nigerians to the act confirms why we have people who do not care about the populace in power. When I read about Miss Tayo Abe’s killing; I couldn’t help but ask if there is any progress as we confess in this county. While we are busy finding solution to the bombing of book-haram; the daily killing of the police officers is worth looking into to. I think we should fear them more than the book-haram sect now
The Nigerian factor in me would have just kept quiet and watched or better still, discuss it in my closet with my family members and friends like we always do. But the “CHRIST-like” nature in me does not only hate injustice but has mandated me to expose them. Ephesians 5:11 in the NKJV bible said “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them”.Now ‘Ke nako’ like South Africans will say; the time is right for all to answer to God’s clarion call to defend the helpless and help the poor. I have since discovered that self actualization is actually achieved in the process of helping humanity. And knowing fully well that everyone is an extension of God. The question now is how well are you treating the God next to you, I mean your family members, the maid in that house, that gateman, your colleagues at work, that poor family living on your street. Please read Isaiah 58:7 and Matthew 25: 40 – 45 to better understand why we must help.
MY CALL
I call on the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan to act. I am equally not asking you to be a dictator just like every Nigerian did explain to you over the months. We simply want you to be the “president”. Please question and bring to justice these killers. In a country where we live on less than two dollars per day; we don’t even know our faith after you remove the fuel subsidy as proposed. We beg you to give us the right to life. We love this country and we are passionate about her success and growth but the killing of youths perplexes us and makes us doubt whether the country is worth building in the first place.
I propose that the standard of recruiting people into Nigeria Police force be reviewed upward and have a body monitor their progress and activity. I understand there is a unit in NPF that deals with recruitment, discipline and promotion of police officers. I enjoin them to periodically organize trainings/orientation for these police officers, not the “ogas in blue” but the junior officers in black.
I equally enjoin the general public to see fellow citizens regardless of race, age, gender, colour and religion as loveable and the most important creatures on planet earth as created by God. We should treat ourselves with dignity and honour, knowing that God our maker loves us equally and demands justice of whatsoever we do to fellow humans.
I am Bukunmi ‘PREACHER’ Adelani, a progressive Nigerian youth. I represent a generation that believes that Nigeria is a country blessed with the brightest and greatest potentials (human and natural resources) on planet earth. I stand against injustice and mediocrity! Please let us experience the true freedom so we can have peace and be truly united.
Bukunmi ‘PREACHER’ Adelani
Writer and Speaker (life coach), youth leader and community developer
08032096426, 07040421629
Email:bukade@gmail.com
BB Pin: 234343AEA
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