Nigeria
is a land of the absurd, the strange and the illogical. We have a problem on our hands
as terrorists continue not just to maim and kill but to set us against one
another. Following each terrorist attack is the accusations and counter
accusations. Those who see the world through their bias often times do
not see it through the eyes of logic.
That
is the same logic to apply when someone like General Buhari, who survived a
major attack that had his vehicles destroyed. That if the terrorists could
strike right at a point where one of the leaders of the nation could easily
have been killed, they can get anyone. If they missed a major Islamic cleric by
a matter of minutes and have killed some other ones, they certainly do not
discriminate in terms of their intent; they want to kill anyone not open
supportive of their evil and they are not afraid to go after high profile
targets just as they kill the poor every other day if not every day in the
northeast.
We
need a bi-partisan approach to the war on terror. We are of course not likely
to get it soon if someone as highly involved as an ex-minister could share on Twitter
claiming assassination attempt on Buhari. How can we have a bi-partisan
approach to this war if politicians across the board insist on making this more
about the 2015 elections than about what it is; a war on our country, our
people and our way of life? And if politicians insist on making it
political all the time, what is the role of citizens and civil society? The
least we can do is to stop echoing the voices of those who insist on making
this about politics and nothing else.
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