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| Richarmond O. Natha-Alade |
Today is another sad day, the day
when youthful exuberance met another doom; the day we may continually remember another
youth, not as martyr or hero but as scapegoat of ignorance and lawlessness.
Arrest of Sowore is long overdue,
due to his stand as a sore loser who value less of democratic process that
proved him unpopular in the last general election. He simply couldn’t get over
the severe pain and mental illusion his votes availed him despite the noise and
blackmails all over the media.
Nigeria is not a zoo
Perhaps, Sowore was not properly
guided. I would assume he never made any legal consultation before allowing himself
to be driven adrift of a canoe with no paddle. He had simply played into the
hands of his hunters by robbing petrol on his body despite knowing he was lying
next to fire. Isn’t that foolishness?
Or how do one explain, that a
seasoned journalist or knowledgeable legal practitioner does not know the
difference between the word ‘peaceful protest’ as constitutionally guaranteed
and ‘Revolution’ which is a capital offence under Nigeria criminal law if enhanced with some conducts and utterances seen as calculated attempt to threaten the peace and stability of the nation.
To make matter worse, Sowore
danced naked before an open fire, declaring Tunisia and Somalia situation and
threatening suicide by burning himself to death in order to create a situation
of unrest that may eventually lead to the destabilization of the country on all
fore.
To Sowore or whoever his advisers
are, it is a treasonable felony punishable by dead to incite the public to overthrow
of a democratically elected government by any means; that is the simple and
number one definition of ‘revolution’ you called for. No matter how it is
garnished or whatever your intentions are, you just committed treason. Every thief
has reasons to have stolen; it can be out hunger, out of jealousy, out of
desire to be great or greater, out of greed or out of mischief etc. yet, he
would never be absolved or justified for stealing, he would be tried and
convicted for stealing. That is a perfect situation to describe your conduct no
matter your intentions. Or at least, it may be another beautiful content in a
rubbish package, which no one would look at.
Do you know that an attempt to
commit suicide by words or action is a serious crime punishable by 14 years imprisonment
under Nigerian law? That is another mistake you made. How do you come without
facing trial for attempting suicide when you already declared to burn yourself
alive to death to spark rage on the day of your protest? Tell us what is peaceful about death and
violence?
For your education, the word
revolution which you are brandishing, calling for and using anyhow over the
years is not an ordinary English word; it will be taken serious by any serious government
as other English words as; calling for murder, kidnapping, rape, coup d’état
and other violence. If you have other explanations as to what you meant by
revolution, court maybe your home till the next of years to come.
The Encarta Encyclopedia Dictionary
(2007) edition defines revolution viz: “Overthrow
of government, a ruler or political
system”. It may have other definitions under wish you may resile, unfortunately,
your intention had been enhanced and/or bloated out by your utterances to burn
yourself alive till death in order to cause in Nigeria what happened in Tunisia
or Somalia. Circumstantial evidence in this respect would ground you an easy
conviction for both offences.
Mr. Sowore, do not listen to your
hailers, praise singers and flatterers; all of whom knows how to hail persons
to oblivion or death and forget such persons in matter of weeks when there is
another distraction. We are in a peculiar nation. I beg of you to settle with
your accusers before it is too late. El-zazakky, Dasuki and Nnamdi Kanu among others, who are in prison, serving
forced disappearance and seeking asylum all over may be something small
compared to your situation if you don’t seek timely remedy.
One of the Laws of Power is choosing
your targets / fights wisely and not offending the wrong person; I hope you
know this President Buhari too well?
I wish you well.
Richarmond O.
Natha-Alade is a legal
Practitioner and Principal Partner at
Sun Natha-Alade &
Partners (SNATHAP)
lordricharmond@gmail.com
www.snathap.com
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ReplyDeleteThanks you
DeleteShame on you as you are only trying to bank on the Sowore saga to make your scanty little head and your inconsequential blog popular.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately for you, there's no more political appointment.
I'll advise you to work on making living through your sweat and blood cos Buhari will make this country hard for you
Thank you
DeleteYou should grow up and go take care of your immediate responsibilities, fools like you are the type that make Nigeria difficult to govern, the stupid Sowore who's looking for cheap popularity to cause public disorder and crises between ethnic lines because our nation is fragile and weak abd people like you and Sowore won't let the country put herself together, there is nowhere in the world that people don't go through hard times but Nigerian tribalism is at a dangerous high in the nation. God thank you for exposing those citizens who can't hold their local and state government responsible for making them poorer and pointing fingers far away in Abuja, nonsense.
DeleteWhen you cannot use your mind, if at all you have one, that's when you base your thinking on other people's views and bitterly castigate them. Richarmond, your well thought observations are noted. There's complete sense in your presentation. I understand that the world does not run on emotions and beliefs but on truth and properly aligned rules.
ReplyDeleteSowore should have chosen a different weapon such as showcasing imbalances in representations in the national cabinet and service positions, rising insecurity, perpetually skyrocketing inflation, etc. He would have had so many people on same page with him compared with his situation today. A right thinking person knows that if all of us have blindly followed Sowore in his calls for REVOLUTION, more than half of us would be watching from the great beyond by now. There are many better ways to fight than wrestling.
This government is truly confused but Sowore misfired his penalty into the spectators rather than in the net. Professor Wole Soyinka is not a friend of Buhari's government but then, he has never called for a solution that requires blood and death.
Even if I'm hungry, I still cannot swallow the food Sowore prepared as a solution to my hunger. I'm sorry, he's wrong this time. Let's keep praying for him.
Thank you for this blatant truth
DeleteThis is a brilliant piece. In fact, it is full of enlightenment and education rather than another counter-claim. Kindly check out my own view too put together about the type of revolution actually needed in Nigeria on www.godwithus96.wordpress.com/blog Thank you.
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