Benue Mass Burial... How Saltier Can The Tears Get??
A lot of people are breathing fire and brimstone following very sad photos and videos from the mass burial ceremony organized by the Benue State government for victims of the Fulani herdsmen New
Year genocide.
The incessant attacks meted out by the Fulani herdsmen are not only tragic but also sacrilegious and no longer deserve the calmness with which it is being treated.
The day was declared a public holiday as offices, commercial banks, markets and schools were closed in the state capital in honour of the 73 victims.
It should really call for a serious concern and actions from well-meaning people both within and outside the country who are touched by the disturbing memories of corpses littered all over the country.
It is not enough to scream 'May God help us in this country' and 'It is well', without putting in any effort to effect any positive change. God created everyone with a factory-fitted brain, so it is up to us all to use it judiciously.
Watching the video of the coffins of the victims being converged to the IBB Square in Makurdi in trucks dragged tears down my eyes.
More heartbreaking is the fact that some little children were also victimized in the attacks.
Tears flowed freely, old women wailed, people stood frozen and sober as coffins of these people who
I can bet had no idea of what fate had in stock for them were lowered down the graves.
Must we wait for things to get out of hand before actions are taken?
Must we wait for more lives to be lost before the government can take a decision and mean it concerning these herdsmen whose activities have caused more harm than good in the nation?
Do we feed on tears in this country?
How much saltier can the tears get before we understand that lives are being lost carelessly to herdsmen whose original job is to graze cows and move on?
What even gave these folks the guts to take lives of fellow citizens?
Can the nefarious activities of these herdsmen be curbed totally already?
Yes, it stares us in the face that the end result of stopping their activities would cause a strain on the availability of meat and other dairy products but if that is the sacrifice we can make to ensure security of lives and property, I am very certain that a thousand and one others will support the cause.
We can import meat and other dairy products for crying out loud, after all, we have been importing something as common as toothpicks.
Can the government stop these endless tears that are forced down the faces of innocent citizens on a daily basis?
Or is it that the people at the helms of affairs in this country enjoy reading sad speeches at burial ceremonies or after tragic incidents?
We should transcend this phase of speeches upon speeches because, in reality, it is only the living that can react to them.
Why read endless sad speeches to us when we can actually put hands together and fight these terrorists under the cloak of herdsmen.
Can the anti-grazing law be enforced already so people can sleep with two eyes closed and not in fear for a tomorrow which has no guarantee?
Why is the presidency treating this case with kid's gloves when for a fact the handshake has gone beyond the elbow already?
For how long shall we continue to commiserate with families and friends over the loss of loved ones as a result of the activities of these heartless fellows?
For how long will lives of our supposedly future leaders be cut short and dreams for a better Nigeria truncated due to the singular action of a particular sect who deem themselves worthy to take another's life unapologetically?
These Fulani herdsmen attacks have lingered rather longer than people can tolerate.
If the government cannot protect lives of citizens as a matter of priority, the outcome might be more disastrous than we ever bargained.
The government should act now before people will lose it and begin to launch counter-attacks, after all, nobody has a monopoly of war and murder.
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