Vandalism in the name of peaceful protest
That Nigeria is facing serious challenges, at the moment, is a statement that requires no scientist or marabouts to prove it to anyone. Every living Nigerian in Nigeria, and perhaps abroad, through the internet, sees it, hears it and feels it. For me, Nigeria is surviving today on the oxygen of the sheer grace of […]
FILE PHOTO: A burnt Police Station at Dutse Alhaji, a subhub in Abuja
That Nigeria is facing serious challenges, at the moment, is a statement that requires no scientist or marabouts to prove it to anyone. Every living Nigerian in Nigeria, and perhaps abroad, through the internet, sees it, hears it and feels it. For me, Nigeria is surviving today on the oxygen of the sheer grace of God, which the nation has in abundance but still abuses.
On Wednesday, 20 October, 2020, a mob stormed the palace of the Oba of Lagos and carried away food items and other properties. They did not leave the palace without vandalising it. That action informed the search for warehouses where CA-COVID palliatives were stored in Lagos State. They found them. They looted them. And they vandalised properties.
It was the Lagos’ looting of warehouses that activated the storm of vandalism almost across the country. On Friday, October 23, 2020, robbers had a field day in Ilorin and Osun State. The Ilorin saga was more serious as they looted the Palms Mall. They vandalised properties. And some inhuman people claimed that those robbers took what belonged to them, like really?!
Clearly, our leaders are not the only problem we have in this country. We, Nigerians, are also a problem to this nation. This turbulent time has unveiled our predatory trait as well as our rapacious nature that is deeply situated in our pillaging prowess. What a dispiriting vulturine behaviour patterns?! By destroying and stealing from those shops, they have just successfully thrown a number of people into the state of depression; others joblessness.
There is no justification for thievery and vandalism. They are punishable crimes. Consequently, security agencies should help apprehend these criminal and government should seriously crack down on them. Perpetrators of these dastardly acts should be severely dealt with.
Folorunso Fatai Adisa, Abeokuta. ([email protected])