WHOM SHALL WE FEAR?

In the wake of the bomb blasts in the North and road accidents in the South, the crashing of the Dana Air craft still came as a shocking reality. Most Nigerians, of course with the exception of boko haram and their sponsors, have had their hearts constrict at the news of the bomb blasts. Then along came the dark clouds that gave us a black Sunday on the 3rd of June 2012. Hearts were broken I tell you. Broken hearts then turned to fiery stones ready to burn anyone affiliated to air travel.

The country has become a fierce inferno and with Asa, the funky musician, I can sing “there is fire on the mountain” but with a slight modification since the only few people running around are the families of the victims of the bomb blasts and crashes. The rest of the people are sighing, lamenting, cursing, avoiding, scampering – which reminds me of what the Holy bible says about those in hell. Nigeria – A hell on earth? The President and his people are apologising, visiting crash and bomb sites, firing top officials and hiring new ones, working on population control, listening to tapes in the House and getting vexed at Otedola and trying to see if Farouk is worth saving and praying as well.

For security sake, I wonder where we can hide in Nigeria. Almost all major roads are dangerous – filled with pot holes, cracks and devilish humans with the aim of robbing and killing. If you decide to go by train, where they exist, there is the possibility of the tracks being washed away by the rain as it currently happened along Ogun state. If you think about ferry rides, don’t forget to think about your will for you do not know when the tides will be high and toss everyone into the waters and thus you would become one of the statistics of the harsh realities of life in Nigeria. Wait a minute! The best route is to go through the air for those who can afford it. Don’t hold your breath too long; I can hear you thinking “what if something goes wrong with the plane? You never know.”

You run to the South because the North is hot with the passionate boko haram who managed to learn the western art of bomb making but hate western education. You run from the country’s capital because the bomb happenings are now at the very central Wuse II where you pass through sometimes. You run to Lagos? Because there are no bombs? Well, the rain is carrying people away, the traffic is reducing your quality of life, the water-logged streets are spoiling your vehicle and the stress is just too much.

Where will you find succour? You want a visa? To where? Little do you know that it is not exactly green on the other side. So you have decided that there is nowhere to go and you want to make a change in your Society? You start with cursing the president and mocking his cabinet? Let me remind you that all these things started way before Jonathan came into power. Go and ask Obasanjo or IBB, they will tell you. So you agree it’s a foundation problem. I agree also but what do you do? You call on a National Sovereign conference because you want out and you do not mind cutting off the boko haram-laden states. Have you thought about the consequences of such a conference? There is so much to fear. I can calm you down but please switch on the lights for I will read to you a passage from the book of Psalms…Shoot! There is no electricity.