Nigerian government officials are not handling this delicate issue with the maturity it demands.Of course,it is not on the pages of newspapers that the issue will be ressolved,and government should not ecsalate an already dicey situation.What is needed is high stake behind-the-scene diplomacy,and not this rather bellicose jerky reaction by the Senate. We cannot change the fact that Umaru Adbul Mutallab is a full-blooded Nigerian,good or bad.We should rather intensify our efforts towards arresting what is really a scary dimension to the internationalisation of terrorism The mass of jobless youths in Nigerian would rather blow up government establishmnents than maim and kill citizens of western countries,notably USA,who have been very accommodating of us. But still,our very own Mutallab tried blowing up that plane.Period. He must have learnt well from the unrepentant tribe of politicians(or looticians) that have hijacked the Nigerian Plane,and are flying it towards a healong collision with sorrow,tears and blood. |