The so-called Peace Committee has undoubtedly drawn the ire of the majority of Nigerians, and I am one of them. It beggars belief that some people, under whatever guise, could have the effrontery to attempt to temper, and tamper with, the current drive against corruption in our country. Are the constituent members of this committee inhabiting Mars? Are they so far removed from reality that they have not really grasped the overwhelming mood of absolute intolerance to corruption and corrupt practices prevailing in the current climate? Well, some of them are past leaders that have skeletons in their own cupboards, and some are so-called men of God who have long forsaken the real essence of their calling and sold their souls for a tin of porridge. Even if Jonathan and his mobsters had been lobbying them to intercede on their behalf, shouldn't common sense and human decency impress upon them that such entreaties ought to be swatted with derision and discounted out of hand? Are they seriously suggesting that thieves should get away with the stolen wealth of Nigerians? Seriously, I haven't a clue what they actually stand for! Their lobbying of Buhari is nothing short of treasonable, that's the long and short of it.
On the same side of the coin are those who are huffing and puffing, declaring the whole process of making thieves return their ill-gotten wealth is all but witch-hunting. That's utter, sheer and absolute flumadiddle!! Buhari has insisted that the rule of law will be followed, and that means any accused person is innocent until proven guilty. Isn't this concept the bedrock of justice and fairness? What has anyone got to fear if they haven't got anything to hide or had their hands in the till of our commonwealth? Why introduce all this parochial nonsense into the noble act of retrieving for Nigerians what has been stolen from them? Pilferers and plunderers have to be punished and relieved of their ill-acquired loot, that's the long and short of it.
Buhari and his government are painstakingly preparing their assault on these vile thieves and it is a no-brainer that those who were part of the conspiratorial destruction of our national financial liberty and independent pursuit of happiness are those finding the whole process of sanitizing our economy, and politics, highly objectionable. Some folks who are clearly deficient in charity, and undeniably unendowed with the spirit of equity, are casting aspersions on the person of Buhari and questioning the sincerity of his purpose. Well, long-suffering Nigerians are just finding these musings rather amusing, that's the long and short of it. We Nigerians at home and in the diaspora are overwhelmingly in favour of the current drive and we shall back Buhari to the hilt because it is in our interest and that of unborn generation to do so. It simply could not be business as usual, and we will not settle for less than we deserve and demand.
These neanderthals have even made allusions to the noble concept of human rights in their depraved attempt to deflect attention away from the inalienable rights of Nigerians to fairness and timely justice. In their warped sense of justice, they haven't realized they are trying to justify the supremacy of the human rights of thieves over those of the victims of such unprecedented rapaciousness. When they were busy carving up our country and sharing the spoils among themselves, the human rights of Nigerians counted for nothing. When Nigerians die in ill-equipped hospitals of diseases that shouldn't ordinarily be life-threatening, their human rights are unimportant. When the death traps called roads claim the lives of innocent citizens, their human rights equal zero. When government employees go ten months without pay, their human rights are non-existent. When schools crumble due to lack of care and maintenance, millions of poor moppets have no human rights to lay claim to. These cormorants had no thought for tens of millions of impecunious Nigerians, and now that they are going to be called to account for their stolen tens of billions of dollars, their human rights are being violated!
What these perpetrators of evil did to Nigerians is not venial because they were venal beyond any objective comprehension. The onus is on each and every one of them to prove their innocence when the time comes and no apologia must be expected, nor is required, from the Buhari government. Buhari has our mandate to go after our money and bring the thieves to book according to the dictates of the law. That is the long and short of it.
On the same side of the coin are those who are huffing and puffing, declaring the whole process of making thieves return their ill-gotten wealth is all but witch-hunting. That's utter, sheer and absolute flumadiddle!! Buhari has insisted that the rule of law will be followed, and that means any accused person is innocent until proven guilty. Isn't this concept the bedrock of justice and fairness? What has anyone got to fear if they haven't got anything to hide or had their hands in the till of our commonwealth? Why introduce all this parochial nonsense into the noble act of retrieving for Nigerians what has been stolen from them? Pilferers and plunderers have to be punished and relieved of their ill-acquired loot, that's the long and short of it.
Buhari and his government are painstakingly preparing their assault on these vile thieves and it is a no-brainer that those who were part of the conspiratorial destruction of our national financial liberty and independent pursuit of happiness are those finding the whole process of sanitizing our economy, and politics, highly objectionable. Some folks who are clearly deficient in charity, and undeniably unendowed with the spirit of equity, are casting aspersions on the person of Buhari and questioning the sincerity of his purpose. Well, long-suffering Nigerians are just finding these musings rather amusing, that's the long and short of it. We Nigerians at home and in the diaspora are overwhelmingly in favour of the current drive and we shall back Buhari to the hilt because it is in our interest and that of unborn generation to do so. It simply could not be business as usual, and we will not settle for less than we deserve and demand.
These neanderthals have even made allusions to the noble concept of human rights in their depraved attempt to deflect attention away from the inalienable rights of Nigerians to fairness and timely justice. In their warped sense of justice, they haven't realized they are trying to justify the supremacy of the human rights of thieves over those of the victims of such unprecedented rapaciousness. When they were busy carving up our country and sharing the spoils among themselves, the human rights of Nigerians counted for nothing. When Nigerians die in ill-equipped hospitals of diseases that shouldn't ordinarily be life-threatening, their human rights are unimportant. When the death traps called roads claim the lives of innocent citizens, their human rights equal zero. When government employees go ten months without pay, their human rights are non-existent. When schools crumble due to lack of care and maintenance, millions of poor moppets have no human rights to lay claim to. These cormorants had no thought for tens of millions of impecunious Nigerians, and now that they are going to be called to account for their stolen tens of billions of dollars, their human rights are being violated!
What these perpetrators of evil did to Nigerians is not venial because they were venal beyond any objective comprehension. The onus is on each and every one of them to prove their innocence when the time comes and no apologia must be expected, nor is required, from the Buhari government. Buhari has our mandate to go after our money and bring the thieves to book according to the dictates of the law. That is the long and short of it.
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