Letter to Buni-Yadi compatriots By: Mukhtar Jarmajo I write to you in tears, disappointment and fear. Tears roll down my cheek as I mourn the premature death of your innocent selves. On the 25th of February, 2014, we received with shock the news of how unknown gunmen attacked you in the school dormitories and killed fifty-nine of you. The news from the Federal Government College Buni-Yadi, Yobe state made me shade tears just as it left me disappointed. Our government and indeed our nation disappointed us by failing to ensure the security of your lives even whilst it kept you indoors in school premises promising to nurture you as the future leaders of our beloved nation. It even disappointed us the more when it failed to swiftly come to your rescue whilst the attack lasted. This in every ramification tells how insensitive and thus irresponsible our government is. But a better indicator to the insensitivity of authorities here is the refusal by the president, Mr. Jonathan Goodluck to pay even a condolence visit to Yobe state to at least show some sympathy. This was despite that the vibrant Publicity Secretary of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), Lai Mohammed had last Sunday in far away Lagos challenged the president to be in Yobe state today to pay condolence visit to your families. It is one month since the Buni-Yadi incident and it is not even in the president`s itinerary to be there to see for himself the damages done to the present and future of our beloved nation. And to make matters worse, the Federal Government has refused to make any concerted effort at bringing the perpetrators of such act to book let alone take measures to avoid similar occurrences in the future. It gives little wonder therefore that yours was not the first and neither was it the last incident. Before the attack at your school, hundreds were killed and scores more injured and displaced at Bama, Izge all in Borno state. And whilst the nation was still mourning your deaths, so many more were massacred and displaced around Minchika in Adamawa state. This trend is moreover what has come to bring fear to my mind. I fear that this massacre and property destruction may well continue into the future as nothing concrete is being done as an effort to halt it by authorities concerned. I fear that not just the North but the entire nation may soon be grounded as it gradually degenerates into chaos. I fear that the future of this nation may be bleak as I can see no light at the end of the tunnel. These are my fears. And in as much as those in the position of authority will continue to remain insensitive to the plight of the common man, there exists only an imaginary hope that matters here will come to change for the better. But then in honor of heroes like you and others who lost your lives in this crisis, our leaders should turn a new leaf by changing their attitudes towards the insurgency going on in the North-East. In any case, history will continue to remember you as heroes for you did not die at your homes in luxury. Your premature death met you at the field fighting illiteracy and restiveness whilst hoping to sooner than later begin to render your services to humanity that will ultimately see to the infrastructural and economic development of your motherland, Nigeria. Blog: jarmajo.blogspot On Twitter: @mukhtarjarmajo
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:30:48 +0000
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