Not one of the ‘pusillanimous’ | Opinion | Law Society Gazette.
Above link is a good piece on how some altruistic Nigerians are able to stand up agains oppression and speak up for the common man.
On many occasions at the cost of their lives, these brave men and women refuse to be cowered into silence.
They do exist. However rotten a political system is.
Mustapha Tahir
2, June 2014.
Dr Mustapha Tahir 
Dr. M, thank you for drawing attention to this issue. Nigeria’s economy has surpassed that of South Africa. However, long before the school girls were kidnapped two months ago, the condition of human rights was abysmal. It takes great courage to stand up against corruption and threats. The same question has faced citizens in other troubled countries for hundreds of years: “What should I do . . . or do nothing?” The answer measures humanity. In my own safety, I wonder how brave I would be.
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Very true my Storyteller. In ideal circumstances, a country with the wealth and armed forces (equally corrupt) like Nigeria, should not be seeking help to strangulate a bunch of murderers, turned Islamists. But corruption, nepotism and religious intollence are simultaneous cancers destroying Nigeria.
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Rommy Mom reads like an exceptional man – and extremely brave too.
I’ve always wondered about Nigeria – the largest economy and richest of the sub Saharan countries (excluding South Africa). What he says about Boko Haram – yes, ordinarily, the army would have made quick work of these drug mad thugs.
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Very true Eric. However, the Times of London reported only yesterday that 10 Nigerian Army Generals were convicted for supplying Boko Haram with military arsenals! They (Boko Haram) have support from very high echelon of the Nigerian armed forces and top civil servants.
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