The Aftermath

Every action is undertaken for the purpose of achieving a particular goal. What have we achieved by our recent actions?

we have killed, maimed and destroyed the properties of the same people we share the same problems with, while the real enemies are out there doing fine, living fat and still oppressing and victimizing

We can’t fight them like that and win! They have all the soldiers, navy air force and the police at their disposal.

Why are the poor still blind, killing fellow poor men with the same scar of brutality just because of religious inclination?

The oppressors always win in Nigeria because we fail to know when and where the rains begin to beat us and where the rains come from.
Instead of uniting against the common enemy, we cowardly turn to the same people we share the same problems with.

As long as we perpetuate this act, the justice, transparency, accountability and honesty that we have been looking for will continue to elude us.

Guns, machetes, spears, bows and arrows, bombs and knives don’t bring the required change, but dialogue; a peaceful and decent way of turning things around.

Even though we burnt their houses and property, they have lost a little, if any. in fact, we are the greater losers because we have opened more doors for them to steal our money and refurbish what we destroyed, three times the normal cost.

It is now over but the situation has not changed. In the aftermath of burning, killing and maiming innocent people, we have suffered double losses. We wasted energy and valuable time compounding our problems.
We also failed because we did not confront the actual problem.

Now, they have sent soldiers to us because we were killing ourselves like animals in the bush. What an insult! When will the eyes of the poor Nigerians see well and their minds act well?