NDA Attack: A Red Flag

Sometimes, things happen that leave you in a state of shock and at the same make you scream ‘enough’. The recent attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy is one of such. It seems as if the more these bandits push, the more we give ground. Has it not reached the point where we can all say ‘enough’?

Each time something like this happens, we go round the same circle: the President keeps shut, Nigerians beg him to speak. Instead, he looks at us with his tooth pick. The army sets up a panel, the affected governor mouths some crap and the rest of us rush to social media and make all sorts of ignorant talks.

Finally, everything calms down and we return to our normal lives, waiting for the next wahala. Suddenly like clockwork, it will happen again and we will start the same merry go round all over again; gaining nothing while the miscreants are gaining ground. We will just be fighting with ourselves, labelling the crimes – no na terrorist, na Boko Haram, na bandits, na herders, na Fulani want kill all of us, na igbo people wey dey find Biafra. While we bicker, those who should do something are busy looking for toothpicks to pick their teeth.

When we wanted to choose a new Army Chief, some of us had argued that the time to be looking at just infantry experience had passed. That kind of war where we will all carry armoured tanks and personnel to an agreed point like Onyigbo market and the enemy will do the same and the Samanja RSM will shout “Oya, at the count of five, fire!” has passed.

What we are facing now is an adept well-articulated guerilla warfare coming at us from different fronts and as such we must respond accordingly. This is a battle that can and should be fought and won on the altar of intelligence and technology.
Are our ogas’ listening? I doubt it. I really doubt it. It is until they enter our oga bedroom and question him, that is when we will realise that this is really no joke. Red flag.