Stop blocking Nyanya-AYA road
I have noticed that soldiers usually block the Nyanya-Aya road in Abuja under every slight excuse, thus subjecting road users to serious hardships. At the mention of anything, the road would be quickly blocked, preventing workers from getting to their offices. Some of such offices might not consider the circumstances under which the workers are […]
I have noticed that soldiers usually block the Nyanya-Aya road in Abuja under every slight excuse, thus subjecting road users to serious hardships. At the mention of anything, the road would be quickly blocked, preventing workers from getting to their offices. Some of such offices might not consider the circumstances under which the workers are unable to report for duty on time as genuine excuses, thus staining their records. And for those in business, the long hours of traffic hold up makes them lose their customers. Funny enough, most times the blockage does not necessarily produce clear results, leaving only the road users to lose. I wish to appeal to the military authorities to devise another way to checking criminals instead of always blocking the Nyanya-AYA road.
Muktar Hassan, Mararaba, Nasarawa State.
Anti-corruption war taking shape
It was remarkable to hear that a Lagos Division of the Federal High Court approved the forfeiture to the federal government of a plot of land in Port Harcourt which allegedly belonged to a former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The forfeiture according reports came barely a week after another court granted an interim forfeiture to the government, jewellery valued at $40m also allegedly belonging to the former minister. This means the anti-corruption war is forging on and the rich are also crying.
Munir Ishola, Badagry
Go, NAPTIP with your plan on rapists
The plan by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to launch a sex offenders’ register to expose convicted rapists is very welcome one. This is because it seems the country’s administrators lack proactive measures to minimize rape and sexual violence, leading to increase in the nefarious acts. To me, apart from exposing them, harsher punishments should be meted on rapists to deter people from the act as it leaves the victim in a very devastating state. Nigeria should learn from China and other countries with serious laws what they do to rapists.
Celestica Okoro, Abakiliki
Another case of jungle justice
A 22-year-old man, Olamide Omolede, was killed by hoodlums in Badore, Ajah, Lagos on Monday after he was wrongly accused by a woman of stealing her mobile phone where it was charging and brought the hoodlums who killed him and threw his body into a lagoon. But the phone was later found with the son of the woman. The police said they have arrested the woman and the hoodlums that carried out the act. If such acts are not treated properly with severe punishment on the offenders, it will be difficult to stop it. The police should act decisively on such cases to build confidence in their ability.
Tobechuckwu Akuna, Owerri