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boy your too small to understand people are hungry..... YOU HAVE MADE SO MUCH MONEY AND U WONT UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR IS HUNGER IN THE STREET

BUT WHO THE FU*K IS THREATENING A MINOR?

I opened this thread as a Columnist to Voice my Opinin in What I termed Selective Justice

*The Selective Justice of the Nigerian Government: When the Victims Become the Criminals*

The unending spate of killings and destruction caused by armed herdsmen in the South-East and other parts of Nigeria is no longer just an issue of insecurity; it is a crisis of governance, justice, and selective law enforcement. The latest attacks on communities in Enugu, Benue, and Ebonyi, where innocent civilians were murdered in cold blood, homes razed, and families displaced, have once again highlighted the disturbing reality: the government is either indifferent or complicit when the victims are ordinary citizens. However, when herdsmen are attacked, the government suddenly finds its voice, deploying law enforcement with astonishing speed.

A Pattern of Neglect and Selective Action

On July 30, 2024, Mgbagbu-Owa community in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State was attacked by suspected herdsmen. T[b]en people were killed, and homes were burnt, yet no immediate government intervention followed.[/b]

Similarly, on April 30, 2024, herdsmen reportedly attacked mourners at Ugwuijoro Nimbo community in Enugu, killing four people on the spot (Punch Newspaper). Enugu’s governor made the usual statements, vowing swift action, but history shows that such promises often lead nowhere.

The killings extend beyond Enugu. On February 6, 2025, six people were murdered in Benue State in an attack attributed to suspected herdsmen (Channels TV). This follows a long history of similar assaults in Benue, a state that has suffered immensely from armed herdsmen’s activities.

In Ebonyi State, herdsmen have turned Ishiagu into a battleground. On June 18, 2023, Emmanuel Igwe, an Assistant Electoral Officer with INEC, was murdered alongside Ajah Okafor, the father of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth wing chieftain, Damian Okafor. Igwe’s wife was also kidnapped along the Ishiagu-Mpu road . Again, no substantial action was taken.

In November 2024, the herdsmen struck again in Amaeze, Ishiagu, killing a farmer and his two sons as they worked on their farm (ThisDayLive). The government’s silence was deafening.

The Double Standard in Law Enforcement
While these gruesome killings and displacement of entire communities continue unchecked, the response from the Nigerian government has been disturbingly slow, sometimes nonexistent. However, the moment there is any retaliation or self-defense against herdsmen, security agencies react with unprecedented urgency.

Communities that attempt to defend themselves are swiftly labeled as “militants,” “vigilantes,” or “secessionists.” When herdsmen are attacked, law enforcement authorities move with immediate action, making arrests, imposing curfews, and launching investigations. This has created a lopsided system where the aggressors act with impunity, knowing the government will protect them, while the victims are punished for fighting back.

A Call for Accountability
This selective justice is fueling resentment and endangering the fragile unity of Nigeria. If the government truly upholds justice, then all Nigerians—whether they be herdsmen or villagers—must be treated equally under the law. Security agencies should be as swift in arresting and prosecuting killer herdsmen as they are in dealing with those who resist them.

The government must answer an important question: why does it take swift action only when herdsmen are attacked, while victims of herdsmen violence are ignored? Until this question is addressed, the people of the South-East and other affected regions will continue to see the state’s inaction as an endorsement of the killings.

Nigerians deserve a government that protects all its citizens, not one that selectively dispenses justice based on ethnicity or political convenience. The time for silence is over. The government must act decisively to end these attacks, or risk losing the trust of the very people it claims to serve.

SAY NO TO JUNGLE JUSTICE AND ALSO SAY NO TO KILLER FULANI HERDSMEN

Great grand father

Why do government treats Fulani Herdsmen that arms themselves with kids glove?

P1PrinceKT:
Northern blood will not go for Nothing! Edo should know that it's casted on stones!

Thunda fire ur. U think u guys have monopoly for reprisal attack and killing innocent lives

Go to Enugu communities and see the evils ur brothers are commiting...

A day of Armageddon is fast approaching when the youths will match ur people madness Aura 2 Aura

Grab it, snatch it, and runaway with it

Snatching is in HIS DNA and their code of conduct...

Destroying the legacies of DEMOCRACY which was fought and won on the alter of blood.....

Posterity will never forget what is happening in Rivers State

What of NIN and BVN

aspabay:
Is IPOB and ESN registered?

You be Akpa Amu. Always reasoning like onye meth

Taxpayers money

geelite:
I'm from owo in ondo state. Before the presidential election. I called my families and told them to vote Peter obi. They told me me that I'm a foolish man supporting igbos. I told them it's not about tribe but they refused. I called most of my friends in akure but they refused. Today, they are hungry like mad dog 🐕 ... see them protesting. They were the ones who voted tinubu by collecting money 💰. Thunder fire una

May u live long

Political epilepsy.....

Tinubu was Chilling in Chicago doing his ******** when the Election was annulled. Nwosu was under duress, His life was placed along the line, if He had muttered a word, Abacha would have eliminated him.

Military regim is not a Child's play. Just take a look at what the so called SOLE ADMINISTRATOR is doing in Rivers. Ordering and dismissing political appointees. Who dares talk? Stage the street and combat with the military whose mouth have been padlocked since 1999.

5 million is too small. I was expecting 10-20M considering how our politicians do squander money on irrelevant things. That machine I see there is 250k in Onitsha. I don't know why the said 5million. 250k plus 2million is the actual benefit I can see there. Others na audio to me....But thanks anyways for the one u done do. If others can emulate u Shia

Chai this one done buy market

For that Soldier to see blood in his head , I just weep for the Taskforce because they will treat him like a bloody civilian He is.
For Once I SUPPORT SOLDIER. ANYTHING WEY UNA LIKE, MAKE UNA DO THIS ONE, OUR HAND NO DEY, WE NO SEND AM TO GO BEAT SOLDIER

When every local government in the North have appear way to Niger republic and Sambisa

I HAVE TURNITIN PLAGIARISM CHECKER TO DETECT AI WORK

No where is safe in Nigeria but Northern insecurity is the worst but media always project the East as the worst....

Let me ask again, is this not enough reason to declare State of Emergency Against Bandits and Fulani Herdsmen?

Yy

I thought their is a new security outfit in Imo

Nigeria is bleeding blood.....

This might be the HANDIWORK of Herdsmen. It is their module operandi....

madridguy:
Terrorist? Stop the genocide and allow aid into Gaza and the Houthis attacks will stop.

How hard is that to understand.

NO MIND THAT SON OF USMAN DANFODIO, NA THEM THEM.....

I am still not impressed. We were told #200 per litre before.....

We have the oil, we have the refinery why removing #1 #1 when we can actually peg the pump price at N200 as earlier promised.

Removing all this #1 #5. #10 is not impactful to the lives of Nigerians.

YUMMMY! YOUR A GOOD FARMER. THE SEED SWEET

One thing I have understand in this life is that No terrorist no matter how powerful they can be will ever defeat a sitting government.
After God it is the Government that is why the two start with the word GO

Have you wondered why your prayers can never work against any President, Governor or King? It is because GOD Himself acknowledged them as a ruler no matter how BAD they may appear to be......

No wonder Romans 13:1 says Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

If you dont like TINUBU gather your fellow Youths and stay in the Poll to vote him out, if u fail trying go home in Peace and dont plan a coup to destabilize whom God recognized as a ruler. The ways of God is not the ways of man PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT AN APC MEMBER OR A FAN OF TINUBU, I SUPPORT A COUNTRY WHERE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY TRIUMPH OVER EVERY OTHER INTEREST

I am Obedient but I love this move

Nice one

Bad news from Delta State

Dedicated writers needed
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Chai that reminds me Ifeanyi Uba of capital oil... Chai Anambra get monie oooooo