Since the news of the impoundment of the Russian Plane loaded with arms broke, I am worried by the arguments of our social media commentators who have instantly fingered Book Haram/Chadian government as the owner of the cargo. To these worried Nigerian, the arms and ammunition are to help the Boko Haram insurgents. We couldnt wait for the commencement of an investigation, not to talk of its conclusion by the authotities before we started our condemnations, thereby committing same crime we alluded to South African government and people in the midst of dollar for arm scandal, of months ago. Let us even agree that the arm was on its way to Chad, are we saying that the Chadian government couldnt buy arms to safeguard its own security? Is it that because the arm is destined for Ndjamena, it should be for Boko Haram? Or that a cargo plane carrying such cargoes cant stop in Nigeria for one reason or the other? Unassumingly, we are increasingly developing anti- Chadian sentiments. This started when some official channels started linking Chad to our security problems, consequent of the failed ceasefire brokered by the countrys President. My appeal is that the government of Nigeria should painstakingly investigate this importation to unravel its source and destination. Enough of these rumours and innuendos!
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 14:27:58 +0000
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