THE DEFINITION OF TERRORISM BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT by SHABA Mafu

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As far as the federal government of Nigeria is concerned, terrorism means when an individual or a group threatens to secede from the country. It does not matter whether the potential secessionists have the capacity or not to do that. Even if they are armed with woods and brooms or merely expressing themselves by drumming round the town, the government will brand them as terrorists and they will stage dances like the PYTHON DANCE or would smile at them with the teeth of the crocodile: CROCODILE SMILE.

We are not undermining the mindless killings of the vampires like the boko harams. No! Those are from a different kingdom entirely. But why is it that even if half of a state is wiped out by murderers and marauders, no one terms them as terrorists. Do you know why? Because they did not say they want to leave Nigeria. They can stay in Nigeria and allowed to kill their fellow countrymen. Then someone can only appeal to the victims and their families to kindly “accommodate their fellow countrymen”.

Whether the federal government declares the Fulani herdsmen as terrorists or not, they are known to be terrorists by their activities. There is no difference between the Fulani herdsmen and the boko haram! They are people who have no single value for human lives! They are all terrorists!

If IPOB that have not killed their fellow countrymen as did the Fulani herdsmen, but because they merely said they were leaving Nigeria, they were branded as terrorists and Python went to dance twice in the South-east; what more can we say of the evil men that cut down the lives of over 75 Nigerians on the wake of A NEW YEAR DAY? What is more of terrorism than this?

For the Fulani herdsmen, the Python has suddenly gone lame and the crocodile have become mere toothless poodles.