By E.O. Eke
November 2016, after Fulani herdsmen attacked had innocent
villagers in Benue and Anambra states, I wrote an article entitled, Is Nigeria
This is the
worst of times, this is the best of times. This is a time to think, this is a
time to prepare.
You murder
peace when you kill justice. You end unity when you justify discrimination. You
lose the trust and confidence of people when you practice nepotism. You invite
violence when you make peacefully change impossible. You provoke violent
response when you brutalise people by responding to peaceful protest with
disproportionate force. These are natural imperatives which hold constant as
the law of gravity.
