By Shariff Aminu Ahlan
It’s no longer news that Nigeria is presently awashed with massive protests aimed at venting anger and frustration on the ongoing hardship and frighten high cost of living.
When the idea of taking the path of protest was emanated and subjected to media hype over online media, many concerns citizens raised their voices over the daring consequences of the impending hijack of the expected peaceful protest by some unscrupulous elements ranging from thugs and miscreants who would use the opportunity to vent their evil plots on innocent citizens through massive looting and dangerous clash of rivals groups.
The government officials also raised the fear of infiltration of external forces and bandits that are terrorizing the northern region for years. But no one expected or even visualize that the protests may take a dangerous dimension with frighten sudden appearance of Russian flags and placards bearing write-up such as “Puttin should save us” , “Russia we need u”, “Russia we are dying. Hunger is killing us”, etc, etc.
Who really expects to witness this suicidal demonstrations by our own very people? Our brothers and sisters whom we all know and groom in our midst carrying those flags and placards, blindly raising their voices calling upon the all powerful Russia to intervene? Those misguided protesters didn’t even know what they are craving for. Also not fully abreast with implications of such myopic and suicidal plead.
For sure, there are hidden forces that are sponsoring such misguided and brainwashed youths who are engrossed in such frightening display. Those Russian flags must have been provided before hands prior to the commencement of the tragic protests. Hidden forces who infiltrated our local community and provided those youth with peanuts and engaged them in such deadly display during the ongoing protests. Forces that were expectedly paid huge some by their hidden sponsors who are hidden in their unknown hideout, programing their plots that is sending dangerous signal to the peaceful coexistence of our fragile nation.
The grand plots is meant to send signal to the global community through international media with sole aim of making the world believe that Nigerian citizens are calling upon Russia to save them by intervention and taking over the existing government.
And ironically, some supposed enlightened citizens and uneducated folks are nourishing the idea of welcoming the said call for Russian invention. They foolishly and ignorantly believed hook line and sinker that the coming of Russian would be an ultimate panacea to our problems and expected to bring an end to the current hardship and insecurity ravaging the nation especially northern region.
How wrong they are! The idea is naturally and justifiable interpreted as nothing but suicidal. The invention of Nazi in our land would automatically subjected the entire country to chaos and total demolition through painful occurrences, and the worst part would be an international war that may erupted between the Russian and NATO forces who would not close their eyes and fold their arms while the Russian are having a field day, extending their influence and domination of West African Countries, displaying their most precious catch which would be our highly populated Nigeria. God forbid!
What many failed to understand or even contemplated is the fact that the all powerful United States and it’s NATO allies would do everything possible to ensure such dream didn’t materialize by organizing their deadly and well armed forces to fight Russia and ensure that the Nigeria didn’t follow the path of their neighbouring Nijar. They would ensure that the richly endowed Nigeria was not bequeathed to the power drunk Putin controlled Russia. They won’t hesitate to get involved in deadly war if the need arise to safeguard the country from Russian domination.
And if such frightening scenario occured, who would be at receiving end ? The same populace that were brainwashed to get engrossed in such misguided, misplaced, and suicidal plead. We would then be cycled and entrapped in a deadly battle of supremacy between all Powerful Superpower.
Let us wake up and realize the impending catastrophic that is bigger than banditry and the socalled ravaging hunger. This is bigger than all the ongoing suffering we are craving for solution. A dangerous confrontation can commence in our land that has a devastating consequences. Let us bear in mind that Nigeria is not a special island that is exempted from such occurrences What is happening in other countries can equally happen in Nigeria with even more calamities.
Our fragile peace would be shattered. We may end up been embroidered in a situation that bigger, where dead and chronic hunger would be a common commodity.
The nagging question is; is Russian Putin and his deadly KGB personals behind this frighten plot in our father land? Over to you our sitting government and it’s international allies.
Shariff Aminu Ahlan
An Analyst and Public Commentator writes from Kano.
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