The same can be said of the Nigerian political system in the past 17 months or thereabout. The subsisting bedlam and confusion are daily gnawing at the foundation, making the entire political structure anaemic, almost. With the birth of democracy, we had taught, we have seen the last of urban violence. Ethno-religious uprisings, brazen banditry and inequity in the distribution of resources. But each passing day, the reverse appears the case.
Violence is still our second nature.
Ethnic and religious upheaval have become the only enduring sign posts on our highways and byways. Banditry has staged a come back with fresh fervour and equity has taken flight to far-off places. In our home grown democracy, justice has transformed to a highly prized jewel only fit for the affluent. Take a teaser. In Zamfara State where the Islamic legal code, Sharia, is an opium, a certain citizen Buba Jangede had his arm chopped off for allegedly stealing a cow.