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By Godwin Etakibuebu
When the day is giving way for night to take over, it is noted by gradual darkening of the sky. Ditto when a heavy storm is approaching, darkening of the sky signifies it faster.
In both instances, darkness remains a limiting factor on visibility. And lack of visibility is a larger limiting factor for progress. Hence, darkness, either as enforced by nature; and of course, both instances given above are nature-induced, or any other factor, signifies “temporary suspension of speed, progress, movement and activities”.
The good news-nature of darkness is very limited, maybe only to the sleeping advantage as nature bestowed on creatures. With that even, dark or darkness is synonymous with things that are not palatable or things that are not pleasant. The “dark age” historical perspective, would always remind us of a time that things were done as they should not have done.
“Dark spot” in community policing refers to those areas of such community that needs concentration of law enforcement agents, in order to curb ascendancy of criminality.
Whichever way, darkness remains what it is – limitation of visibility and halt of progress. Though there may be many other interpretations of darkness; which may include bad news, retrogression, stagnation, evil approaches to things, wicked underlying, frustrations, melancholy, sabotaging, disrespect to constituted authorities, dehumanising environment, disobedience to legality, overthrow of rule of law, introduction of rascality, lack of respect for human rights and many more, a country’s political darkness is more of colossal disaster “to all”.
How can one go about analyzing the Nigerian State’s dark sky without offending the so-called “Socrates” of the Nigerian Federation? Or let us put it this way. We are in a country where some people, albeit a very few minority of less than 2% of the total population of about 200 millions, tells you that it has more stake in Nigeria than all the remaining ones.
This minority, because of factor of accident of geographical place of birth, more than any other qualification, and having assumed powers of State crudely, created the rules of engagement for administration of the country and demarcated the boundary lines the majority must not cross.
Yes, that is the challenge in critically and positively advising the government of the day. Those who genuinely advised, as long as they don’t belong to the ruling Political Party, are labelled as enemies of the Nigerian State. Once one is labelled like that, it is expected that such person should be having date in the court to face charges bordering on “incitement, treason and terrorism”.
Oh, if you are in doubt, please check out about Agba Jalingo, Joseph Odok [both in Cross River State] and Abubakar Katcha [in Niger State].
These were genuine Nigerians, with their patriotic zeal to improve democratic dividends for the citizenry; demanded accountability from their governors by saying the governors should be more transparent. Instead of being applauded, these gentlemen are in court under charges of “incitement, treason and terrorist” – one of the charges could give them death penalty if pronounced guilty by the court.
The “real interesting” thing here is that these patriotic “Nigerians being led to the gallows” are being prosecuted by the Federal Government on behalf of the “untouchable” State Governors of both Cross River and Niger.
The Predators are ruling Supreme in Nigeria and the Oppressed have no Comforter. That is Nigeria’s sad state as of now. It is obviously the sky becoming darker.
Yet, we cannot just keep silent all because “we are being led to Golgotha for slaughtering.” Our own literary Icon, Wole Soyinka, in his book -The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka – said that “The man dies in all those that keep silent in the face of tyranny”. It is for this reason and more of the debt we owe the unborn generations of Nigerians that we must speak out – yet more.
The Nigerian Sky went dark on that fateful day when the Nigerian Security Agents from that branch of the Directorate of State Services [DSS] carried out a midnight raid into the homes of some selected Judges across the country. We; as a people operating constitutional democracy, under the rule of law, did not fight that invasion back. Instead, we returned back to our beds to continue our sleep of “total submission”, while the sky got darker.
The Sky went dark again the very day the Executive branch of government took a more frontal attack into the zone of the constitutionally recognised 3rd arm of government – the Judiciary, by removing the Chief Justice of Nigeria – Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen. The issue being canvassed here is not about what the CJN did right or did not do right, but the torpedo of Due Process’ place under the Rule of Law
When we saw bullet and blood taking over the places of ballot and box in elections, wich started from the General Election of February and March this year until the most recent brazen one in Kogi State; where blood actually flown like rain waters, we ought to have known that the Sky above us is darkening the more.
When a National Assembly, with leadership that has announced publicly its position of slavery to the Executive, comes dancing nakedly in the market square of shame, we should know that our Sky is totally darkened.
Corruption is not abating in spite of the presence of the anti-corruption Czar in town. Nepotism, which is the highest form of corruption, has gone to the top of the Nigerian mountain to pronounce its arrival. Debts, both internal and external are increasing in geometric proportion without any visible concrete achievement on ground. Respect for Rule of Law has been sacrificed on the altar of national interest.
Banditry, terrorism, kidnapping and all other vices now seem to be out-gunning State’s apparatus of security. Winning elections is now becoming issue of life and death. Respect for lives is gradually becoming a yester-years language. Boko Haram remains with us in spite of the huge amount of financial resources committed to the hands of those prosecuting the war on daily basis.
All these are signs of a darkened Sky.
Who will deliver us from this calamity in Nigeria?
Yea! The oppressed people of Nigeria have no Comforter.
Lo! They have no Deliverer.
God, please come down and help us because our visibility is taken away as our Sky is darkened.
Godwin Etakibuebu; a veteran Journalist, wrote from Lagos.
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