Yesterday arrest of the Northwest airline passenger, beleived to be of Nigerian origin, is a wake-up call to all Nigerians and the Nigerian government, to stand up and fight against this, misguided activity called global terrorism. As if Nigeria’s name has not been soiled enough on credit card scams and other scams, this bastard has dragged the name further into, mud, shit and almost blood. a cab driver called me today to tell me about the stereotypical comments passed by his passengers against Nigerians. As if the media does not have enough reasons to be critical of Nigerians, this is one great, giant,ugly hubble to overcome with Nigerians, in repairing their names, from the past.
In my many writings, I have warned Nigerians to stay clear of terrorism and the dangers of being pulled into it, out of poverty and greed. While Nigerians are not saints, this latest involvement in terrorist plotting is a big, wake-up call for all Nigerians and the government. The possibility of a Nigerian joining terrorists because of money is there. Hardship and the Nigerian government inability to tackle corruption, have left many Nigerians so hungry for survival that they can literally “cut off their legs to feed their mouths”. The most shameful of it is that government officials live in affluence amid this disaster across the nation. Death finds its victims in great numbers daily. American and British government have been too accomodating of every successive, Nigerian government. It is time that both western nations apply meaningful pressures on Nigerian government, for change. An economically depressed nation like Nigeria is a solid, recruiting ground for terrorists and other evil, menacing groups around the world. This equally applies to other nations, where its leaders are simply serving themselves while their people perish. They should either take steps to assist the nation or nations usher in new, breed of leaders or give their present leaders conditions, to trade with them.
Back to this Umar Farog, I do not really care if his name is misspelled, I seriously doubt his origin to be Nigeria. He is either a terrorist agent positioned in Nigeria by a terrorist group, as in the case of Kenya, or one of these children of Arab immigrants who have adopted Nigeria as their home, in the past two decades.. Except lured by money, I sincerely doubt any Nigiria with long birth lineage will participate in this global terror. I URGE THE media and Americans to exercise restraint in branding the average Nigerian. There is more to this young man’s identity than we currently know.
