I hear he had to run for kilometres to save his life from marauding killers. There has been so many stories around this incident trying to obfuscate the issue and politize it with the hope that its significance would be severely watered down.
But what cannot be changed is the fact that a dastardly attempt on the life of a sitting Governor has been had. I am not sure if this is not the very first time this is happening in this Country.
Governor Ortom has been in the fore front of the quest of seeking security for his people in the face of marauding herdsmen who all have almost turned the country into a hotbed of violence. The Farmer herder crisis predates this generation but has turned into something of much more national concern
Ortom has been very vocal. He has said his truth and has positioned himself as a veritable power base against this attempt at national annihilation. He must have been on this fight relying on his immunity as a State Chief Executive expecting attacks at that level. Either by impeachment or loss in an election.
But surprisingly, what came for him was in the guise of bullets and hate filled violence. The desecration of the office, the naked quest for his blood and the strong desire to achieve the evil purpose all but drives home very strongly the nakedness of our situation.
Are we not gradually evolving into a state of anarchy? Are we not gradually becoming Hobbesian in our vile attempt at civility. What Nation is this when we have wild men roam our plains with disdain to our rules and ethos and with our authorities seemingly looking helpless as the carnage continues.
Ortom had to physically run to save his life, his immunity in tatters and the vestiges of office thrown into the mud filled trenches of his farm. This is our country of today, wilder than the famed wild west of our immediate post-independence era.
We have gone to the dogs and we should all be ashamed of ourselves.
Simple.
*Written By The Duke Of Shomolu
