Armed Robbers and Terrorists Are Among Hausa Okada Riders in Lagos
- By Tony Nwankwo
If information at the grapevine is reliable, Nigerians live in fear, as citizens, from some parts of the country, now go about armed and ready to use violence at the drop of a pin, and the government seems incapable of punishing those acts of violence across the country. No day passes without a report of armed herdsmen’s attacks on unarmed communities across the land; herdsmen with AK47 rifles, some say, a wing of Boko Haram. They started from the core North, killing, raping and maiming innocent people. Today, the killing spree has spread even to Lagos State. The irony is that none of these killer herdsmen has ever been prosecuted or jailed by the authorities. Rather, what seems to attract punishment from the authorities is cattle rustling in the North. And this shows in the shift in our values.
