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Last Flight To Johannesburg

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Just two days after Nigeria's first match at the 2013 Orange African Cup of Nations currently underway in South Africa, my travel agent approached me with a mouthwatering too-good-to-be-true travel package to the finals.
For just 200,000 naira, she said I could be on a good flight with nice accommodation and ticket to the final match. But in annoyance, I rejected the offer because judging from the team's performance during the first match, I didn't see Nigeria making it all the way to the finals. But I was wrong, and I wasn't the only one.
I can say no one (maybe except the coaching crew and Prophet T. B. Joshua) could say they saw Nigeria making it to the finals and our cynicism and skepticism weren't based on some sheer pessimism, but on the team's rich history of disappointing Nigerians when it mattered most. So Nigerians have come to perfect a psychological defense mechanism of not expecting anything positive from the team. Little wonder no broadcasting organization was confident enough to pay $35 million for the license to broadcast the matches live while the ongoing English Premier League (EPL) is shown live.
But something unusual happened and tomorrow, Nigeria will be playing Burkina Faso in the finals much to the delight of everyone and in defiance of all permutations, computations and in-depth expert analyses that put Ivory Coast as the country to beat for the trophy. Well, we did beat them.
Since the outset of the transformation of the Super Chickens to the Super Eagles of Nigeria, it's been an unalloyed show of support for the team. Nigerians irrespective of racial, ethnic and religious divisions are so proud of the nation once again. Even the so-called pessimists who rarely see anything positive with the happenings in the nation are using the national flag and the Super Eagles' logo as their profile pictures on Facebook and other social media platforms.
Even people who rarely talk sports are showing support for the national team. I couldn't believe my eyes when I read Pastor E. A. Adeboye's status update when Nigeria convincingly defeated Mali, booking a ticket to the finals; the first time since year 2000!
The lesson the government should learn from this is that Nigerians are not pessimists; they are just tired of sugarcoated statements and over-packaging from the likes of Reuben Abati, Labaran Maku and Doyin Okupe. Instead of believing what is said, they just want to see what has been done.
I'm therefore not surprised that Nigerians have resurrected the spirit of Tunisia '94 (the last time Nigeria won the competition); they've become resolute in their support of the national team and so defiant that they are even allowing some suspicious moves sly. One of such is the presidential delegation to the final ceremony, the 6 state governors who saw Nigeria's match with Mali and many more that will be in the stadium tomorrow.
On a good day, Pius Adesanmi would have published an article and Nasir El-Rufai would have tweeted while Oby Ezekwesili would have told us how wasteful the spending would be for the nation's economy.
We would also have heard lots about the exorbitant match bonuses the players got and Mikel Obi would have been tongue-lashed for publicly admitting to betting $5,000 with Ivorian striker, Salomon Kalou.
But so far, the result has been good and Nigerians are happy; even Abuja prostitutes that the government wants to fight with 5 billion naira have promised to give the victorious players expletive explosive sessions of hard-earned inguinal explorations.
In church tomorrow and at any of the 5-times daily prayers in mosques, Nigerians will ask God to help the Super Eagles win the trophy we last held in 1994. They will also ask Him to guide players like Victor Moses who lost both missionary parents to religious killings in Kaduna in 2000 but still have the large heart to forgive the nation and those who snuffed life out of his parents but will be watching him play on Sunday in the national colors of Nigeria.
On my own, I will be praying that Nigeria should have more happy times like this, times when they can proudly tell their neighbors, colleagues and even cell mates across the world that they are Proudly Nigerian, instead of having to explain the rationale behind the stupid judiciary decision to let thieves pay 750,000 naira after stealing 53 billion naira Police pension funds.
After the Ivory Coast match, I called my agent to inquire about the availability of the South African trip package but she said the price has doubled due to surge in demand. So, like fellow millions of Nigerians, I will be watching Kokomaster D'banj and Super Eagles' performances at the final that we hope will end in Nigeria's favor.
But no matter the outcome, the Super Eagles team and coaching crew have proven that nothing is wrong with Nigeria and Nigerians. We still have the talents, the wits and the passion; we just need the right motivation such as the national team's last flight to Johannesburg.

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BSc Marketing

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Apart from the scorching sun that raised the ambient temperature within the rickety typical Ibadan commercial transport bus to about 45oC, it was a blissful sunny afternoon and a quiet ride with a serendipity that was only interrupted every time the driver dished out prayerful curses on any private car driver that attempted to overtake his road-unworthy thick smoke-oozing bus.
Things however got interesting when three youths – two young men and a lady boarded the bus. From their impressive diction and literary proficiency, it wasn't hard to infer that they are university graduates. And from the heavy Bagco super sacks that made their cubital veins more prominent, soothsayers aren't needed to accurately conclude that they are marketers.
Just like their contemporaries who know no one in government, nor have parents or uncles with businesses, companies or empires they could inherit, the only guaranteed way that they can practice their profession is by marketing goods for indigenous corporate companies or foreign (usually Chinese) technology manufacturers.
Without even asking any question, the three youths said all that was needed to know about how they make ends meet.
"I really tried today, I was able to drop four product samples at a shopping complex in Iwo road and another two at that new generation bank near the roundabout," said the lady.
Before she could enjoy her "success", one of the young men literarily clipped her wings when he said he was able to sell more products although he was told to come the following week for the money.
They went back and forth arguing over whose method is better while the third (and eldest) sat motionless, quiet and apparently sad.
In my mind, I wanted to ask what was wrong but I took a closer look at the fourth finger on his left hand.
"Oh he's married," I said to myself.
There and then I understood his dilemma. He has bigger responsibilities but with limited resources.
At first, you'd want to criticize him for walking a lady down the aisle when he obviously couldn't boast of a reliable, stable and consistent source of income with which he could make ends meet.
You can even blame the parents of the bride for lowering the bride price (typical of Yorubas you may say) or even vent your anger on the wife who was blinded by love, future potentials or the man's dexterity at inguinal explorations. But you cannot blame the young man whose white shirt had the collar region stained from sweat and wore a facial expression that depicted a man doing his best but with little or nothing to show.
The only time he talked was when he reminisced about the promotion a company had the previous year in which every marketer got a product for every product sold in addition to the usual 10 percent commission.
According to him, that was the best moment unlike today when companies are so stingy, reluctant to increase their marketers' bonuses or reward their hard work, not minding the harsh weather.
The field of marketing, according to the course curriculum being used at Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye (school where the three had their undergraduate training) is a highly promising field that has churned out successful individuals across the globe. The curriculum also recognised the highly competitive nature of the profession, especially the fact that unlike medicine, law and other professional courses that require special training, you don't have to hold a degree in marketing before you can market a product. Mary Kay didn't study marketing; neither did the able-bodied young men at Aba market.
However, a degree in marketing is expected to expose the student to latest ideas and marketing innovations and solutions that would allow the student to stand out in the field that is currently filled with an unlettered demography. But it is quite disheartening that none of the institutional faculties offering marketing as a course that were contacted expose students to Google Trader, GNBO's cheap websites and other latest tools which could improve their packaging and connect them to the corporate world.
For instance, instead of dashing from one point to another like the illiterate septuagenarian selling Wonder Rat Killer at the market square, the three marketers could have obtained or compiled a list of potential target customers who would be thoroughly studied and they would have prepared presentations that would peak the interest of their customers in the product they are trying to market.
Furthermore, they were three in number, and the lady hinted that her boyfriend is also a marketer. So, how come they couldn't come together and go as a team, instead of the one-man-for-himself business model that I saw?
The answer is simple; they acted like typical Nigerians who believe in popular on-your-own slogan. And it isn't restricted to marketing alone. No. As a matter of fact, the situation is the same across every demography, age group, social class and religious delineations. One would have expected the educational institutions to properly tackle this aberrant misdemeanour. But it is also groaning under the impacts of a myriad of problems that had characterised this nation.
The dwindling fortune of the education system here in Nigeria is obviously an issue of utmost concern (forget online JAMB examinations, all na wash) but it's not as strong as the pusillanimous attitudes of the graduates.
While there is the need for the course curricula of Nigerian institutions to be revised to equip students with knowledge required to combat contemporary challenges, sticking to false stereotypes, running away from risks, jumping into hasty conclusions, taking illogical actions, serial wrong steps, and the sheer desperation to start fending for themselves are issues that are squarely on the shoulders of the students themselves vis-à-vis the society in general.
The current status of the economy and the non-availability of well paying jobs make every graduate – over baked or half baked – to grab whatever offer comes their way. But it's expected that in the middle of the crisis, education ought to empower the educated with the necessary information to hijack the situation, ideate solutions and become successful through their innovations, even in the midst of the innuendos that abound.
While this is not an attempt to belittle marketing, or any course for that matter, it has become expedient to re-echo the general rule that career counsellors do give students who are undecided about career path – do what you love!
But how many students of marketing are studying the course just because they love it? Few I must say.
A larger proportion belongs to the demography whose destiny is extensively altered, battered and reshaped by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) through its UTME examination. These students are the ones that will fill Medicine and Surgery (University of Ibadan) as first choice and Dentistry (Obafemi Awolowo University) as second choice during their first UME attempt.
After getting 'JAMBed', they often change their first choice to Physiology (University of Lagos) and Anatomy (Ladoke Akintola University Ogbomosho).
If they still fail at the second attempt, they often go drastic with their choices because desperation would have set in. Hence it is not unusual to see choices such as Yoruba Education (JABU) and Sign Language (TASUED).
Through the stress-laden labyrinthine process of getting admission into universities, very few Nigerian youths often get what they desired in the first place. The rest are often compensated with something entirely different. But as typical Nigerians that they are, they are often optimistic and take solace in the popular notion that "degree is degree, success is what is different."
They start such programmes and endure longer-than-usual educational sessions where they are further oppressed, suppressed, embittered and frustrated. It is therefore not unexpected to note that when such students graduate from their respective Ivory Towers, there might not be much difference between them and those that didn't get in in the first place because they are the ones that studied marketing, but know nothing about what marketing actually entails.

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[Photonews) First Lady Patience Jonathan Arrives Abuja After Weeks In Germany

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In what appeared as an affirmation of her rumoured arrival as hinted by Sahara Reporters, the first lady of the federal republic of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan, has arrived Abuja.
In her short speech, she thanked all Nigerians that supported her with prayers and enjoined every Nigerian to continue to support the incumbent administration.
(Pictures courtesy saharareporters.com)

Fathers Of Murdered Students Speak

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In a emotion-laden interview with the World Have Your Host of the World Service of the BBC, the fathers of two out of the 4 slain students of University of Portharcourt narrated their ordeals since the incidence.
They also talked about their dead sons, ALUU community in Rivers state, the roles of the Joint Task Force (JTF) and their hope for the country.
The parents are in unison in their call for the full wrath of the law on the perpetrators of the act.
Listen to the interview by clicking this link http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/whys/whys_20121009-1900a.mp3

Saudi Authority Arrests Two Nigerian Pilgrims With Banned Drugs, Face Death Sentence [Developing Story]

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Two Nigerian pilgrims have been arrested in Saudi Arabia for allegedly being in possession of banned drugs.
The pilgrims were among the thousands currently undergoing the hajj operation in Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia and comprise a male and female.
The two pilgrims could face death penalty for carrying banned drugs. In Saudi Arabia, the punishment for carrying banned drugs is death when convicted by the laws of the land.
P.M.NEWS gathered from a source currently undergoing the hajj operation in Saudi Arabia that the two pilgrims were from Lagos State, but the Lagos State Government said the pilgrims were from Kwara and Ekiti states. The banned drugs were said to be hidden in garri. This has made the Saudi authorities to ban carrying of foodstuff to the holy land by Nigerian pilgrims.
The Nigerian female was said to have been nabbed by vigilant Saudi security operatives at the King Abdullaziz International Airport on Thursday for being in possession of banned drugs. The other culprit was reported to have been arrested on Sunday after being found with substance suspected to be cocaine.
The names of the pilgrims could not be ascertained by our source as at press time. It was gathered that the pilgrims, if found guilty according to Saudi law, would be executed.
Chairman, Lagos Hajj Ad-hoc Committee, Alhaji Abdullateef Abdulhakeem, confirmed that two pilgrims were arrested by the Saudi Authorities but denied that the arrested pilgrims were from Lagos, saying they were from Kwara and Ekiti States.
As a result of the development, the Lagos State Government has barred the remaining pilgrims going to Saudi Arabia from carrying foodstuffs.
Over 3, 000 Lagos pilgrims have so far been airlifted to Saudi Arabia out of the 3,885 pilgrims from the state, while airlifting of the pilgrims may be concluded this week.
The Lagos State Government has vowed to deal with any pilgrim who misbehaved in Saudi Arabia during next month's hajj. To ensure hitch-free hajj, the Lagos State Government said it had set up a special taskforce made up of officials of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, Chief Security Officer, CSO of the state and Governor's Monitoring Team officials, among others to monitor Lagos pilgrims in Saudi Arabia and deal with erring ones.
Commissioner for Home Affairs and Culture, Alhaji Oyinlomo Danmole said government would not tolerate any form of indiscipline from any Lagos pilgrim.
"Any pilgrim who misbehaves will be dealt with. We also have a tribunal in place to try erring pilgrims in Saudi Arabia," he said, adding that during the last hajj, a pilgrim who misbehaved was prosecuted after the hajj in Lagos."
Chairman, Hajj Ad-hoc Committee, Abdulhakeem said government had adequately prepared to ensure hitch-free hajj as it had organised seminar to enlighten the intending pilgrims on the basic rules of hajj. "We have engaged the services of a separate airline to convey our pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. We will not be using the same airline with other pilgrims in the Southwest. We have also decided not to keep our pilgrims longer in Saudi Arabia after the hajj.
SOURCE: P.M. NEWS

UNIPORT Murderers, Jungle Justice And National Insanity

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If you've not seen the video that showed how four male students of the University of Portharcourt were killed for stealing an iPad, don't bother because you will never remain the same again after watching it. This is the summary of what happened. The boys were caught with the electronic device, stripped naked, beaten severally with logs of wood and sticks, a hefty guy mashed the head of one of the suspected thieves with a rocky stone. At a particular point, one of the guys wanted to roll out of the tire on his neck but an evidently heftier aggrieved onlooker prevented him. Petrol was brought, and the young men were set on fire alive, right in the presence of hundreds of residents of Aluu in the beautiful city of Portharcourt.
This is not the first case of jungle justice that got national attention, and it may not even be the last because setting captured suspected criminals on fire seems to have become an acceptable norm in Nigeria. Those in support of the action often state the pusillanimous attitude of the law enforcement agencies coupled with complacencies and attending bureaucratic bottlenecks as discouraging people from taking suspected criminals to police stations.
It is rather saddening that having "connections" to those that control state power or at the helms of affairs at any level of government portend superiority to the rule of law, hence aggrieved citizens often decide to adjudicate on their own. It didn't just start, it's been a while; possibly with the introduction of night watch groups popularly known as 'vigilante'.
Vigilante groups have come to stay in Nigeria although its constitution is unconstitutional, yet they are seen as complimenting the efforts of the police in keeping the streets safe. Sanely speaking, it would be expected that when the vigilante groups notice any unusual movements in the neighborhood at odd times, they would alert the police. This however is no longer the case. I've heard cases where a doctor was forced to hawk bean cakes made out of stones because he was going home at 1am; an undergraduate student going for night class in the south east was mistakenly shot; and a man whose wife was in labor got detained overnight by the overambitious vigilante operatives who despite finding shawls, gloves, baby products and other harmless things on him failed to allow him to dash to the hospital before the woman delivered the bundle of joy.
Following the societal acceptance of the arrest, detention and punishment of night crawlers by the vigilante groups, groups like OPC sprung up. Now we've lost count of the number of local security operatives in the various communities which obviously seem to have given citizens the notion that they can do as they like to perpetrators of dastard acts.
I remember the first case of public burning of criminals that I heard; it was so ridiculous to be true, and shame on any learned fellow who believed and participated in it. It was during the period when rumors spread about people losing their penises after being merely touched by someone. During this period, you couldn't talk to strangers who might say you are responsible for the loss of their manhood. In some areas in the south west, residents made several arrests and the unlucky manhood thieves were dragged to the middle of the express road, stripped naked and torched. Similar incidence repeated itself during the period when kidnapping was rampant. Many people were also set on fire.
Throughout these periods of national insanity, law enforcement officers rarely made arrests of perpetrators of such dastard acts especially the illegal executioners, a silence that also suggested the force is not actively against the act.
The jungle judiciary system still went on with allegations of criminals shot dead by the police officers. I remember serving in a secondary hospital. Almost on a daily basis, police vans brought corpses of suspected criminals who were caught and shot by the police. Yet no one raised eyebrows. It has even reached a celebrated crescendo since it is now acceptable for state police commissioners and district police officers to parade corpses of suspected criminals who were shot during gun duels with officers of the force.
This act could also be said to be the origin of the series of killings being made by the Boko Haram sect after their leader was arrested and reportedly killed while in the detention of security operatives. It is therefore not a strange incidence in Nigeria.
What is disheartening is that while illiteracy or non-comprehension of law statutes by police recruits, thugs and miscreants in the society could be said to be responsible for previous jungle justice and killings, the murder of the four students of UNIPORT in the full glare of hundreds of the so-called leaders of tomorrow is an attestation to the fact that the future of this great nation is so doomed. Pardon my cynicism.
The incidence would have taken a minimum of one hour because a larger part of the footage I saw was when the perpetrators went to get petrol. If this was the case, how come no one in the neighborhood that saw what was going on was able to call the police to intervene? What I found more disheartening were the onlookers, especially the young students who would be in their teens and early twenties and were delighted to watch human beings like them being maimed and killed over an ordinary, maybe fairly used ipad.
It brought to mind an almost similar experience I had about two years ago in Owerri. I was in the city to make arrangements for my credentials so I decided to stay with a friend who had a room in one of the private hostels. Around four in the evening, two ladies knocked on the door severally. When they entered the room, they said one of their boyfriends was angry and wanted to beat them up. So they begged to stay in the room. We agreed but few minutes later, pandemonium ensued in the hostel; it was so strong that we had to ask them to leave. Thank God we did that.
Less than 5 minutes later, a room-to-room search for the ladies was conducted. When they got to our room, the door was almost pulled down. Then I asked the angriest guy in the search team what was happening? He said the ladies stole his phone and money. He suspected they were hiding in one of the guys' rooms and he'll decisively deal with any guy in whose room the ladies were found. My heart skipped as they searched the wardrobe, bathroom….everywhere.
Then I asked myself "what if we didn't ask the ladies to leave?" We would have been well beaten, maybe set on fire just like the unlucky four UNIPORT students. This is therefore not a UNIPORT or Rivers state issue, it's a national tragedy; a colossal travesty that should be addressed right from the top to the bottom. This case is so simple to solve and may God, Sango, Obatala, Amadioha and other gods decisively deal with anyone who tries to meddle with this particular case or sweep it under the carpet.
Unlike hunger, poor health system and other conditions that exclusively affect the poor and down trodden Nigerians, jungle justice is not a respecter of anyone, the angry mobs could set anyone on fire. I learned the hard way.
Despite the fact that I was Vanguard Newspaper's Young Nigerian Making The Difference, had El-Rufai write the foreword for my book, and, for Christ sakes, I was even on national TV! Yet my fate rested in the hands of hope and hos.
While it will be difficult for the Nigerian Police Force to solve all the various cases of jungle justice, the one in Aluu is too simple to miss. Let the perpetrators be fished out and made to face the full course of law. It is only when this is done that future cases could be prevented since angry mobs would be aware of the fact that jungle justice is unacceptable. I also believe that the presidency should also be interested in this case.
It is now simple to get people killed in this country, all you need is someone shouting "thief, thief" and a dozen of gullible angry fools running in pursuit. They know how to get fuel and tires for that cause and are never feel remorse because as far they are concerned, there is nothing wrong with what they are doing.
The response to this case is also disheartening. A lady wrote "this will be a lesson to other thieves" another said "I hope these thieves go to hell". These show there are lots of people with like criminal minds. And if we don't tackle this issue now, I pity the children of Nigerian politician who knowingly or unknowingly find themselves in the midst of such bloodthirsty insane vanguards of jungle justice.

PS: Think you are man (or woman) enough? Check the video here http://t.co/xPN3Rie

UNIPORT Murderers, Jungle Justice And National Insanity

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If you've not seen the video that showed how four male students of the University of Portharcourt were killed for stealing an iPad, don't bother because you will never remain the same again after watching it. This is the summary of what happened. The boys were caught with the electronic device, stripped naked, beaten severally with logs of wood and sticks, a hefty guy mashed the head of one of the suspected thieves with a rocky stone. At a particular point, one of the guys wanted to roll out of the tire on his neck but an evidently heftier aggrieved onlooker prevented him. Petrol was brought, and the young men were set on fire alive, right in the presence of hundreds of residents of Aluu in the beautiful city of Portharcourt.
This is not the first case of jungle justice that got national attention, and it may not even be the last because setting captured suspected criminals on fire seems to have become an acceptable norm in Nigeria. Those in support of the action often state the pusillanimous attitude of the law enforcement agencies coupled with complacencies and attending bureaucratic bottlenecks as discouraging people from taking suspected criminals to police stations.
It is rather saddening that having "connections" to those that control state power or at the helms of affairs at any level of government portend superiority to the rule of law, hence aggrieved citizens often decide to adjudicate on their own. It didn't just start, it's been a while; possibly with the introduction of night watch groups popularly known as 'vigilante'.
Vigilante groups have come to stay in Nigeria although its constitution is unconstitutional, yet they are seen as complimenting the efforts of the police in keeping the streets safe. Sanely speaking, it would be expected that when the vigilante groups notice any unusual movements in the neighborhood at odd times, they would alert the police. This however is no longer the case. I've heard cases where a doctor was forced to hawk bean cakes made out of stones because he was going home at 1am; an undergraduate student going for night class in the south east was mistakenly shot; and a man whose wife was in labor got detained overnight by the overambitious vigilante operatives who despite finding shawls, gloves, baby products and other harmless things on him failed to allow him to dash to the hospital before the woman delivered the bundle of joy.
Following the societal acceptance of the arrest, detention and punishment of night crawlers by the vigilante groups, groups like OPC sprung up. Now we've lost count of the number of local security operatives in the various communities which obviously seem to have given citizens the notion that they can do as they like to perpetrators of dastard acts.
I remember the first case of public burning of criminals that I heard; it was so ridiculous to be true, and shame on any learned fellow who believed and participated in it. It was during the period when rumors spread about people losing their penises after being merely touched by someone. During this period, you couldn't talk to strangers who might say you are responsible for the loss of their manhood. In some areas in the south west, residents made several arrests and the unlucky manhood thieves were dragged to the middle of the express road, stripped naked and torched. Similar incidence repeated itself during the period when kidnapping was rampant. Many people were also set on fire.
Throughout these periods of national insanity, law enforcement officers rarely made arrests of perpetrators of such dastard acts especially the illegal executioners, a silence that also suggested the force is not actively against the act.
The jungle judiciary system still went on with allegations of criminals shot dead by the police officers. I remember serving in a secondary hospital. Almost on a daily basis, police vans brought corpses of suspected criminals who were caught and shot by the police. Yet no one raised eyebrows. It has even reached a celebrated crescendo since it is now acceptable for state police commissioners and district police officers to parade corpses of suspected criminals who were shot during gun duels with officers of the force.
This act could also be said to be the origin of the series of killings being made by the Boko Haram sect after their leader was arrested and reportedly killed while in the detention of security operatives. It is therefore not a strange incidence in Nigeria.
What is disheartening is that while illiteracy or non-comprehension of law statutes by police recruits, thugs and miscreants in the society could be said to be responsible for previous jungle justice and killings, the murder of the four students of UNIPORT in the full glare of hundreds of the so-called leaders of tomorrow is an attestation to the fact that the future of this great nation is so doomed. Pardon my cynicism.
The incidence would have taken a minimum of one hour because a larger part of the footage I saw was when the perpetrators went to get petrol. If this was the case, how come no one in the neighborhood that saw what was going on was able to call the police to intervene? What I found more disheartening were the onlookers, especially the young students who would be in their teens and early twenties and were delighted to watch human beings like them being maimed and killed over an ordinary, maybe fairly used ipad.
It brought to mind an almost similar experience I had about two years ago in Owerri. I was in the city to make arrangements for my credentials so I decided to stay with a friend who had a room in one of the private hostels. Around four in the evening, two ladies knocked on the door severally. When they entered the room, they said one of their boyfriends was angry and wanted to beat them up. So they begged to stay in the room. We agreed but few minutes later, pandemonium ensued in the hostel; it was so strong that we had to ask them to leave. Thank God we did that.
Less than 5 minutes later, a room-to-room search for the ladies was conducted. When they got to our room, the door was almost pulled down. Then I asked the angriest guy in the search team what was happening? He said the ladies stole his phone and money. He suspected they were hiding in one of the guys' rooms and he'll decisively deal with any guy in whose room the ladies were found. My heart skipped as they searched the wardrobe, bathroom….everywhere.
Then I asked myself "what if we didn't ask the ladies to leave?" We would have been well beaten, maybe set on fire just like the unlucky four UNIPORT students. This is therefore not a UNIPORT or Rivers state issue, it's a national tragedy; a colossal travesty that should be addressed right from the top to the bottom. This case is so simple to solve and may God, Sango, Obatala, Amadioha and other gods decisively deal with anyone who tries to meddle with this particular case or sweep it under the carpet.
Unlike hunger, poor health system and other conditions that exclusively affect the poor and down trodden Nigerians, jungle justice is not a respecter of anyone, the angry mobs could set anyone on fire. I learned the hard way.
Despite the fact that I was Vanguard Newspaper's Young Nigerian Making The Difference, had El-Rufai write the foreword for my book, and, for Christ sakes, I was even on national TV! Yet my fate rested in the hands of hope and hos.
While it will be difficult for the Nigerian Police Force to solve all the various cases of jungle justice, the one in Aluu is too simple to miss. Let the perpetrators be fished out and made to face the full course of law. It is only when this is done that future cases could be prevented since angry mobs would be aware of the fact that jungle justice is unacceptable. I also believe that the presidency should also be interested in this case.
It is now simple to get people killed in this country, all you need is someone shouting "thief, thief" and a dozen of gullible angry fools running in pursuit. They know how to get fuel and tires for that cause and are never feel remorse because as far they are concerned, there is nothing wrong with what they are doing.
The response to this case is also disheartening. A lady wrote "this will be a lesson to other thieves" another said "I hope these thieves go to hell". These show there are lots of people with like criminal minds. And if we don't tackle this issue now, I pity the children of Nigerian politician who knowingly or unknowingly find themselves in the midst of such bloodthirsty insane vanguards of jungle justice.

PS: Think you are man (or woman) enough? Check the video here http://t.co/xPN3Rie

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