Why are we so blessed? Nigerians have a crop of politicians who love the people so much; that they are ready to maim and kill their opponents in the bid to give the people good governance. To these merchants of violence, the road to the soap and ballot boxes must be painted with blood. And because flying bullets do not discriminate, innocent bystanders unlucky to be near a battlefront when politicians go to war are game. Since the political campaigns kicked off, tension has enveloped the landscape like an aura. So concerned were all stakeholders in the Nigerian project that a peace accord was signed between President Goodluck Jonathan and his main challenger, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd). In spite of that accord, violence unleashed by political thugs has been the order of the day. On three different occasions, the campaign train of President Jonathan has been attacked in the north. Perhaps bloodshed was averted because the security agencies exercised a lot of restraint. They probably had at the back of their mind Jonathan’s popular saying that his ambition is not worth anybody’s life. His words: “I will never ever expect a Nigerian to spill a drop of his blood because Goodluck Jonathan must fulfil his ambition.” Thankfully, no fatalities were recorded in the attacks in Katsina and Bauchi. The political thugs were damn lucky because attacking the convoy of the President of a country is the equivalent of suing for suicide.
