Sometimes I wonder if up to 99 % of my people in Nigeria know anything about the term “Democracy”. That includes the governing class, by the way. If you cannot take constructive criticism, you have no business leading a family talk less of a country.

Closely related to the thought above is that of the difference between a Military Rule and a Civilian one. The whole thing is so mixed up and bastardized that I wonder why some people still blame our young ones for not performing well at school. What examples are the leaders giving to them? They do not realize that the best way to teach a child is by example. I am very sorry for those people in the teaching profession and that includes “My Honorable Self”.

Back to the issue at hand however. It is not news that for some days now, there are two opposing groups camping in the nations’s capital and protesting the issue concerning the fact that Nigeria’s President Buhari has been away from home for some 100 days on sick leave. While a group is asking for him to come home or resign, another is pro Buhari and saying that he has the right to stay away on sick leave for as long as is necessary.

However the hitherto peaceful convergence of the two groups in a place not far from one another has suddenly taken a violent turn as the leader of the anti-Buhari group, Charles Oputa aka Charly Boy, was almost sent on an unscheduled errand to his Creator by a mob made up of supporters of the president yesterday.

The incident itself has negatively affected the lives of other non-participating citizens as it has now led to the closure of the Wuse Market with innocent traders now locked out of their shops. This is all happening in the very capital city of Nigeria, Abuja where the so-called leaders of the country hold sway and are resident.

Reports reaching our News Desk has it that the whole problem started when the anti-Buhari protesters known with the #Our Mumu Don Do group led by its leader, Charly Boy, took their protest to the market and were subsequently confronted by the pro-Buhari group. This of course led to a free-for-all fight, with stones and all manner of objects flying from different directions like bullets.

How did all of that happen? A reliable source said that before the whole issue started, Charly Boy and his group were turned back at the main gate of the market on arrival by the leader of the market task force. This naturally led to an argument that ensued between the two groups, culminating in the pro-Buharists swooping on Charly Boy and other co-protesters.

The mob consisting of various elements in the area who were said to be chanting “Sai Baba, Sai Baba” allegedly attacked Charly Boy’s group with stones and sticks, saying that they have no right to bring their protest to the market. However, a co-convener of “Resume or Resign” movement, Mr. Deji Adeyanju, informed journalists that it was not true that the group went to the market to protest.

He explained that some of the leaders of the group went to the market to see one of their coordinators who owns a shop in the market only to be attacked by the hoodlums. “Yes, our group was attacked by some hoodlums in the market. We only went there to see one of our coordinators and not for protest. Right now, some of our members are wounded and Charly Boy’s BMW bike was damaged by the hoodlums”, he said.

Going by all of the above, is it really correct to say that Nigeria is operating a democracy? If such things can happen at the seat of government without any preventive measures in place, what would happen when such take place anywhere else in the country? Where was the Police Force when all of these were taking place? What measures have our so-called leaders taken since the beginning of the protest actions to fore-stall the violence eventually took place?

Oh sorry friends, I forgot that not all of them have gotten the cars (worth millions of naira each) that they allocated to themselves and are still busy handling that issue which is of more national importance.

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