STRUGGLES OF THE NIGERIAN PEOPLES- BOKO HARAM

With the Boko Haram insurgency gradually becoming a daily occurrence, everyone seems to be putting on his or her thinking cap on how to douse the conflagration. The knotty issue of the abducted Chibok students as well as the  murder of two emirs of Gombe and Gwosa, Alhaji Sehu Usman Abubakar and Alhaji Idrisa Tirnita respectively allegedly by the Boko Haram militants, have sent a more
dangerous signal to the world regarding the capability of the sect to wreck maximum havoc on the stability of the North- Eastern region of Nigeria. The Federal Government usual acclaimed uninspiring reaction to each attack, still greeted the murder of the two topmost traditional rulers. Hours after the incident, President Goodluck Jonathan, in a
statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Dr Ruben Abati, said that “the brazen attack and the wanton slaying of the respected traditional ruler reinforces the vital need for all patriotic Nigerians, irrespective of where they come from, their religious or political loyalties to come together and work with urgency and complete unity of purpose to quickly end the murderous attacks by terrorists and insurgents that continue to threaten the security, cohesion and wellbeing of the nation.” President pledged that the Armed Forces and security agencies will continue to receive all the empowerment and support they require from the Federal Government to speedily give maximum effect to his orders that they take all necessary action to stop the insurgency in the country.”
FG action or inaction to the problem, notwithstanding, Boko Haram insurgency is a political instrument, of which the international community had taken a cognizance. Saturday Newswatch uncovered that six countries had been put under surveillance as Terrorist threats in Africa. These countries include Nigeria, The Sahel, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and
East Africa. After the killing of Boko Haram’s founder, Mohammed Yusuf in 2009, his deputy, Abubakar Shekau took over and provided a
leadership for the group, using a number of tactics including bombings (suicide and timed explosions), targeted assassinations, drive-by shootings, and mass killings (using guns, knives, and machetes) in highly populated areas. Churches and mosques are not spared in their attacks. The foot soldiers of the group consist of the unemployed youth and kid beggars drawn from Quranic schools. According to Emily Mellgard, a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations working with Ambassador John Campbell on the Africa programme, “Boko Haram ideology is malleable though, so a shift toward a more international perspective at some point in the future — under different leadership, or following a particularly transformative catalyst
— is not out of the question.” This latest killing of the emirs underscores the complex nature
of the insurgency dressed in a garb of terrorism. Unlike conventional warfare, terrorism, according to Karin Mings, an International Relations scholar in his book, Essentials of International Relations, is a violence designed to instill fear in a population, a state and the international community to make a political statement.
Much of terrorist activity has its root in the Middle East- in the Palestinians quest for self-determination and their own internal conflicts over strategy; in the hostility among various
Islamic; and in the resurgence of Islamic Fundamentalism.

Source- TUNDE BUSARI

STRUGGLES OF THE NIGERIAN PEOPLES- BOKO HARAM

Boko Haram started as an Islamic sect but a strong aversion for western education. In the last two years, Nigerians now sleep and wake in fear, for no one, including the security agencies, can accurately predict where the next attack would be lunched. It became more disturbing with the attack of Abuja, thereby exposing the vulnerability of the seat of power. Despite Federal Government seemingly helpless situation in resolving the matter, especially with the continuous detention of chibok students, some notable Nigerians, especially those with wealth of experience on security matter, have broken their silence on the matter with a view to sharing their informed view on how the problem could be solved. Major-General David Jemibewon (rtd) enjoined the Army to threat cautiously, especially on the recovery of the unfortunate student. Jemibewon said failure to heed the advice and opt for fire-for-fire response would not only be counter- productive, it would also cost the innocent girls their lives. “Again, we must realise that with these girls adopted in Chibok, if we apply full military force in an attempt to liberate
them, they would be killed. At the end, you will ask yourself, what have I achieved?” Jembewon urged the Federal Government to see the insurgency more of a national tragedy than accident and step up effort to support all security agencies in the land including the army, navy, air force, National Security and Civil Defence Corps, Department of Secret Service, police, and others. During the Nigerian civil war, he recalled, some people came up with the Troop Comfort Fund, which raised some fund used to provide food and other needs.

Source- TUNDE BUSARI

NIGERIAN BATTLES- WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER 2015 ELECTIONS

Many are wondering what will basically happen after 2015 elections. All we know is that it is already looking scary, it looks like a war. Well, we don't know who the people will vote for so it all depends on who Nigerians wants to choose to be their next president. In the people's mind are what are we to expect after, what are our benefits? Is the country going to change in terms of developments in infrastructures, economy, political, social lives etc. Are we going to see rapid growth in the country, increase in employment, no more boko haram, and prestige in the international politics.

What are we to expect after 2015 elections is what most Nigerian peoples are desperate to know. Many of the politicians are just there for the sake of their own personal interest, they don't care if the people are suffering or not. Many of them will fight to secure a sit in the parliament. While things are tough now around the country, many graduates are with no job. The Federal government has failed on many accounts to satisfy the peoples needs, boko haram bombing everywhere and killing people and the government has done nothing about it. The Federal government mismanaged our national resources, all we are left with is to pray for God to save us.

It burdens me deeply that there are some human beings on earth that will see his/her fellow citizens suffer without having any conscience to think twice of what in particular the people are facing. All he thinks about is how he/she will steal from the country's budget. It is a pity that our political government shuns the cries of the its peoples. When will look at the history of Nigerian leaders, there are no accounts for the best political leader in the second republic.