23/09/2023
Did you know...?
There are almost 3.5 million IDPs, scattered across around 145,000 camps, lots of which are victims of butchery, consistent violent attacks and forceful homeland take over by an invading immigrant force.
Wait!
I'll come back to this in a bit.
On the lips of most people has been the name in the past few days.
The tweets, the Facebook posts (like this one), the reels on IG, the videos on Ticktock,, the views on YouTube, the comments, the likes, the shares etc.
Then the candle light 🕯️ procession across many cities, here in Nigeria and abroad.
I'm awed by the share drive, energy and spirit that has characterized this massive campaign. It made me realize that we are a lot more than we even are aware of, yet we are so downtrodden than forces we are stronger than.
Here comes perhaps the impending collapse of the Marlian movement.
What is my point though?
Without any prejudice to the call for justice over what appears a lot like a murder case, against and co, while all and sundry are screening and as the norm, even big Men of God have joined the fray, there's has been no such energy, channeled in direction of the perennial injustice that has been unlished on our brothers and sisters in the middle belt of Nigeria, especially over the last 8 years.
You see that the socio-political naivity and critical thinking lackluster of our people, especially down south in this country are no match for the solidity and strategic swiftness with which enemy elements are moving in on us and changing the entire landscape of affairs with Zero social media buzz.
Real power is mostly noiseless, guys.
Where you hear lots of noise, is usually not where the power is. It's not usually where the real change is happening.
What if we put this energy behind the presidential election judgement, where our constitution was torn in prices and electoral laws put on reverse gear?
Did you know that according to the internal displacement report, there are almost 3.5 million IDPs, scattered across around 145,000 camps, lots of which are victims of butchery, consistent violent attacks and forceful homeland take over by an invading immigrant force.
Do we realize that what now have in states like Benue, Kogi, Nansarawa, Kaduna, Niger, Plataeu, Taraba, Adamawa and Gombe states, as well as Borno in the North East are strangers who have forcefully taken other people's lands and comfortably occupied them, while the original owners are languishing in IDP camps and politicians are using them to cash out, as billions get stolen that's meant for the upkeep of these unfortunate victims, suffering quadruple jeopardy?
Did you know that the next general census will capture these strangers as the owners and inhabitants of these lands?
It was in the news last month that INEC is moving to capture these IDPs in these camps, so that they too can vote in the IDP camps? It's housing and population census, remember?
Do you understand why the hot chase for a census immediately after the 2023 general elections, at the tail end of Buhari's regime?
What does not suggest to you?
No more returning home, maybe.
What if we make throw this energy behind ? Because while we are here shouting , there are millions of Mobhads out there in middle belt, Nigeria, badly in need of our voices.
Never forget this...
If we don't cry out the people who sacked them and took their lands are coming for us too and guess what? They might just succeed.
Sleep on ... They'll be telling the tale of your death in a hundred years.
