Matters Arising: Straight to the POINT
To be CANDID,if we have to pay ransoms to free all persons who are walking in the shadow of death as of today as of today,then let that be DONE.
After all, it is still a failure of governance that we lack the capacity to take them by force
To be CANDID,if we have to pay ransoms to free all persons who are walking in the shadow of death as of today as of today,then let that be DONE.
After all, it is still a failure of governance that we lack the capacity to take them by force
It is OK to engage in a rhetorical back and forth of any sort BUT would we be grandstanding if any of the captives were children of governors, senators or the President? The answer is no.
Nobody failed the captives other than their federal and state governments.
Nobody failed the captives other than their federal and state governments.
After that pyrrhic victory, maybe we shall turn a new page and take very, very seriously the need to get EVERYTHING from pre-emptive intelligence gathering to rapid intervention military and police units
If we did not bring home termite-infested firewood, we would not have endured this visit by lizards.
Those who bear the remains of a stranger often look like they are carrying a plantain tree until it gets to our turn and we realise that it is human remains
Those who bear the remains of a stranger often look like they are carrying a plantain tree until it gets to our turn and we realise that it is human remains
That is to say, there is no principle or ideal which will make me rethink this stance insofar as the present danger is certain death.
Given the means at the disposal of Nigeria, we have grossly under-performed as far as building the capacities of our intelligence services+troops
Given the means at the disposal of Nigeria, we have grossly under-performed as far as building the capacities of our intelligence services+troops
They have already killed five undergraduates to underline their seriousness and can be trusted to kill again. Someone on Twitter suffered the outrage of seeing her own sister's corpse while the family hoped, prayed and waited for that unfortunate girl's return
The only consequence of paying the ransoms is that there will be less money available for our overly self-indulgent political elite to throw around. Why should I care about that? Was any of it getting to me ab initio?
Pls, let the concerned negotiate, hurry up and pay. Hopefully, after that substantial loss of resources which amounts to nothing where lives are involved, painstaking efforts shall be made that chances of a repeat are reduced to the barest minimum
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