Nigeria is such a giant of Africa, that the criminals feel above the law and actually lay down rules for the government and citizens.
Consider the case of Ateke Tom, saying he is declaring curfew in Port Harcourt and everyone should be indoors by 9pm or he would kill them! Most of this area of the Niger Delta have been overrun by criminals masquerading as freedom fighters, with the connivance and enabling of the area's governors.

Armed robbers way people, banks and whole neighborhoods for hours on end, without any response from the police.
Sometimes, they even have the audacity to write to their victims, letting them know what day and time they would arrive!

The government leaders of various arms of government, simmply convert their wards' allocations, to their private property. We have governors who steal billions, without batting an eye or feeling any remorse!

The president of the last administration (Obasanjo) simply highjacked his party and filled several States offices with hoodlums, to do his evil bidding!
He with the help of his vice (Atiku), simply divided the nations possesions among friends, allocating tyo themselves, whatever they can get away with.
He obeyed rules and laws, when it suited him, using his yes man of an attorney general to interpret the laws that only explained his criminality!

To top it all, he used a so-called independent election body, to organise and (s)elect more bandits into political offices, imposing a clueless president on a perplexed nation!

Police on the streets, have turned to day-light robbers, who waylay the hapless citizens, harrasing and taking whatever they wish, without anyone doing a thing about it. They would turn good laws, usside down, interpreting them to take advantage of a populace, afraid to desent, for fear of dear lives, (what with accidental discharges)!

Area boys and touts have simply highjacked neighborhoods, imposing their own laws and rules on motor parks and markets. They have defacto final says on who advertizes and how much they are to pay.
The politicians use them to harrass opponents and rigging elections.

School children no longer have any fears of teachers. They simplpy beat or kill them, when they don't get their way. This is a new way of throwing tantrums!
The citadels of higher learning, have become glorified brothels, where the women dress like little whores, waiting for pot-bellied men to pick them up for whatever they need. A festering pool of AIDS and other STDs.
The boys are no better than ill-trained hoodlums and cult memebers who see nothing bad in killing, armed robbery and instruments of chaos and destruction!

Parents no longer have any say in what their children do or wear. drugs have overrun the nation, bribry and corruption has become a fabric worn without shame, it has permeated every strata of work and play, their are no demacation lines anywhere!

In all these, churches and mosques are springing up in every corner and houses, you will think people are more religious and drawing nearer to God, but the opposite is the answer.
Relion and selling God, has simply become another form of commerce. All types of shady crooks have become pastors, bishops, general overseers, apostels, alfas, imams, or whatever title suit their fancy, to further fleece the already poor citizens.

Church and mosque leaders no fly in helicopters and own private planes, and have become super stars to be revvered and sang praise songs to. They have overtaken Jesus and Muhammad in popularity. They have simply become demi-gods, chalatans and demagouges!

The only thing we seem to do right, is to campaign, talk, debate and probe on end, without instituting any solutions.
Nigeria,I hail thee and lament for thee,

Culled from The Guadian Edotorial and Opinion by Reuben Abati


, Today in Nigeria, the level of crime is high, anti-social behaviour is taken for granted, there is a reign of lawlessness. The Police Force needs to be modernized. Its performance needs to be managed to ensure quality performance. There are serious problems with the Nigerian Police Force indeed. As an organisation, it has lost the confidence of the Nigerian people. There is so much lawlessness in the land in part because the people prefer to resort to self-help rather than go to a police station where the officers can be bought by the highest bidder. The Nigerian Police has become a threat to both the justice system and national security.

Stories abound, and these are not necessarily apocryphal about how the average police man is a part time armed robber and a full time extortionist. Human Rights Watch, the international ombudsman, reported, recently, that the Nigerian Police have killed more than 8, 000 Nigerians since 1999. This is clearly a conservative estimate. The police routinely commit human rights violations including torture, rape, extra-judicial killings and despite promises by successive Inspectors General of Police to discipline errant officers, the biggest problem with the police is the attitude of its men and women. In a June 11, 2007 editorial, The Guardian described the police as the "most visible symbol of corruption in Nigeria" . It is in addition, a symbol of the failures of the Nigerian state.

Naija for show

the country should be closed down

I second you toshmann

This is just like a Clint Eastwood's cowboy movie.

i would ve concured wit toshmann but i bliv dat things r gradually getting to shape and we just need some little time and prayers. God ll xpose those who r telling lies in his name like rev.king. ateke n jomo gbomo ll soon run down. i bliv God ll prevail its just a matter of time. what i bliv we need is prayers and appeal to our parents to train their children with d fear of God so they wont b menace to d society. shalom.

I totally agree with u Segunpc. With time, we'll get there.

On the issue of Rev. King, btw yesterday and today, i've seen his posters around talking of a better 2008, i think it's a kind of retreat or something.
Is he on the loose again? Do pple still attend that church after all that drama? I hope not.

Human Beings are insatiable

everybody wants MIRACLE and want it fast

i wonder what happened to our faith in God and perserverance in prayer

@ poster

u avent said anythin we dont already knw, maybe u dint even chronicle it all! we shd move away from problem analysis to actual solving of the issues.

dont tell us our problems, we need solutions.

and to you miracle seekers and faith people, we need to do a bit more than just sit back n pray

would the last person to leave Nigeria please remember to switch off the light.

does anyone aggree with me if and when i say that Reuben Abati talks too much. whatever happened to actions

joshjosh:

would the last person to leave Nigeria please remember to switch off the light.

What light? NEPA? U dey ds country so?

OMO IBO:

does anyone aggree with me if and when i say that Reuben Abati talks too much. whatever happened to actions

na only abati? even mr bankole01 dey the same league!!!!

kaycrystal:

na only abati? even mr bankole01 dey the same league!!!!

Thank you crystal for that compliment. To be in the same league with Reuben Abati, is a great honor!
Like Fela once sang, "a go shout o" and I will never stop shouting from the roof tops, until I and all noise makers can get the people to work together to depose and expose our despoilers in power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Again, thank a lot. I love you too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!