BOKO HARAM:  This Trend Must Stop.

Nigeria is a great country, blessed with natural and human resources to be among the best twenty economies of the world by the year 2020, but with the spate of events occurring in recent times, the sun, which is supposed to smile at us, now weeps for the future of our children.

The northern region of Nigeria is gradually becoming a war-torn area, following the recent attacks and bombings in the region.

Chibok community members

The Nigeria I knew yesteryears, is not the same today. It has never happened in the history of our great nation that more than two hundred girls would be abducted for 110 days now, who were supposed to have been planning their future in the right direction, towards contributing meaningfully to the development of the society and the world at large.

Contrarily, the Nigerian child is used to perpetrate evils in our dear country. Terrorists use female suicide bombers to carry out their dastardly acts, because women generally would raise fewer suspicions.

In most security operations involving stop and search, male security operatives are not in any way allowed to search females. This was why General Buhari’s bomber (a young man in his early 20s) could disguise himself as a woman, having a brassiere affixed to his chest.

A 20 year old suicide bomber disguised as a woman
inset- when he was stripped.

Back in my school days in Kaduna, female students who wore ‘hijabs’ were highly revered and modest in their dressing, of which, a young woman was always advised to wear it when going out.

Some days ago, a suicide bomber blew herself up in the midst of students in Kano State Polytechnic, who were checking their names for the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

A 10year old girl was arrested with explosives strapped to her chest, also in a bid to blow up herself. This is an appalling situation and we must tackle it immediately.

Going away from the anachronistic way when women’s education ended in the kitchen, parents, teachers, caregivers and religious leaders must take the responsibility of educating the girl child because they are easily deceived to accommodate any indoctrination.

Based on this, the Federal government is poised to providing qualitative education to all young Nigerians who desire to improve themselves.

Female security operatives should work hand in hand with their male counterpart to checking other female in critical situations so as to forestall subsequent bomb attacks.

The military and other security agencies should not relent in their efforts to countering acts of terrorism.

The fight against terrorism requires concerted efforts, and we must join hands to fighting it so as to restore the dignity of our nation.

This ugly trend must STOP!