segxwally-starved militants of the Niger Delta

It is with a heavy heart that I write this piece after reading what some brutes in the name of militants did to hapless female students at the University of Port Harcourt, where they unleashed terror on them and had carnal knowledge of them, claiming they were rioting over an amnesty deal that had gone sour. They were said to be protesting the non-payment of their monthly allowances. They left their camp, where about 7,000 of them were said to be kept, and moved into the University of Port Harcourt, located in Choba village and which is very close to the militants’ camp. Like other Nigerians, I cannot see any correlation between the bestial action of the militants and amnesty. They have chosen the wrong target on which to ventilate their anger. The female students they raped in a humiliating manner had nothing whatsoever to do with the non-payment of their allowances.

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The interpretation of their action is that they are merely sex starved and have taken the issue of militancy to a ridiculous level. This is what could be rightly regarded as segxwal militancy. After the madness, two female students were reportedly raped to death while four were abducted and taken to their camp where they were raped in turn. In all, they were said to have raped 12 female students. They also protested against lack of basic infrastructures like water and electricity at the camp. The University had been reportedly shut down until the government can put the militants in check.

The River State Government was reported to be wondering why the militants’ camp must be located in a university environment. But why is River State government now wondering belatedly? Was Rotimi Amechi, the Governor of Rivers State, not part of the amnesty deal? Why didn’t he raise the issue of the safety of the students when the militants camp was about to be sited near University of Port Harcourt? Whatever concerns Rivers State government is expressing now is an afterthought of an irresponsible State government.

The President Yar’Adua-led Federal government is to blame for the unfortunate incident that befell the female students of the University of Port Harcourt because they packaged a peace deal which they didn’t bother to follow up to ensure every party fulfilled its own side of the agreement. The federal government, realizing that the war against the militants was not going to be easy with dwindling oil exploration activities in the Niger Delta area as a result of the militant activities, adopted the amnesty approach. It asked the militants to give up their weapons in exchange for amnesty and rehabilitation of the militants by the Federal government. Deadlines were set for this purpose. Many of the militants opted for the peace deal after considering many options and one of the results was the camp situated at the Aluu, near University of Port Harcourt, where about 7000 militants were camped. Just like any other government programme, the moment it is created, it is left in the hands of those who would make sure that it fails. The militants are right to protest in the only way they know, brute force, but they ought to have vented their anger on those in high places like the Rivers State government House and the Federal establishments in Port Harcourt. The same way they were wrong in kidnapping hapless oil workers rather than government officials is how they are wrong in molesting those innocent girls in Uniport . Though I won’t advocate molesting any woman, the militants would have made their point better if they had disrupted a government activity in Port Harcourt. But were there no armed soldiers guarding the camp of the militants? How did they just get out of the camp to unleash terror on members of their immediate community? Were they still bearing arms while in the camp? This is a collective shame on both Rivers and the Federal government. Tompolo, who was a foremost militant leader, had cried out recently that the Federal government was not sincere with the amnesty deal and we are seeing signs of this with the latest revolt of the militants.

One cannot but condemn the irresponsibility of the militants and the bastardisation of the Niger Delta struggle. They have lost all sympathy. When juxtaposed with the genuine armed struggle for the liberation of the Niger Delta championed by the great late Major Isaac Adaka Borro, who died in the process, and the intellectual militancy of the late Ken Saro Wiwa who was unjustly killed by the Abacha junta, it is clear that the Niger Delta struggle has lost focus. It has been taken over by charlatans who hide under it to commit crime. It is an insult to the memories of Adaka Borro and Saro Wiwa for a group of so called ex-militants to embark on a molesting spree because a government failed to pay their allowances.

Is rape part of the Niger Delta struggle? These segxwally-starved militants must be tried according to the laws of the land and appropriate punishment meted out to them.

If they have agreed to submit to the laws of the land, they should be ready to be amenable and adjust to live in a civil society. Enough of animalistic behavior from these so-called militants because Nigeria is not a jungle.

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Posted: at 28-11-2009 11:42 AM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero

i guess they must hav eyed all those sexy ass uniport babes badly....nd they cld no longer bear the site

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Posted: at 1-12-2009 01:22 PM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero

lol...wicked

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Posted: at 1-12-2009 01:27 PM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero

ok ooo

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Posted: at 1-12-2009 03:06 PM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero

his

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Posted: at 1-12-2009 08:15 PM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero

PURE CRIMINALITY!

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Posted: at 20-07-2011 11:45 AM (12 years ago) | Hero

That's the problem with rebels/militants/whatever; they always end up steering away from their cause and hurting innocent people in the process. Just imagine. 

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Posted: at 20-07-2011 02:12 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

So, wat is gud abt miltants molesting innocent girls?

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Posted: at 20-07-2011 02:51 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Posted: at 29-01-2012 12:53 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie

Lawlessness in a lawless country mis-ruled by greedy selfish jobless politicians who just wangled their way into politics and then into power.
The Delta militants obviously either have the approval of the Presidency or else the Presidency is totally afraid and intimidated by them.
This seems to indicate that a secession by the petroleum producing Delta militants, backed by those of ethnic-elitism and squander-mania, fully plan to cause total and utter confusion within now and next year 2015, to ensure that they have free reign to annex the territories that produce the petroleum, to the detriment of all non-petroleum sections of Nigeria.
As evil and selfish as OBJ has proven himself to be over the years, is it possible that his 18-page open letter actually was based on facts which his intelligence network has made available to him, but which is being kept out of the Public Domain ? ? ?
By allocating funds to the militants that are far in excess of the budgetary funds allocated to all the Armed Forces combined, is the writing not now on the wall for all to see ? ? ?
The rampaging rapists who stormed University of Port Harcourt, will they be brought to book, or was that just a dress-rehearsal for the fire that their spokesman Asari Dokubo has been bragging about ? ? ?
That they held the Federal Government to ransom and obtained an amnesty with funds paid to them in abundance, will only make them bold to do more next time, and that may well escalate into open warfare, with the Military Armed Forces under-equipped and unable to cope, hence out-gunned and ready to be wantonly slaughtered. So all the aces and top cards are in the hands of the militants, GEJ's kinsmen; whilst the Federal Legislature and State Governors neglect their sworn oaths to secure the welfare of the citizens under their respective constituencies ! ! !
So much for Demo-crazy.
Of course GEJ shuffled the heads of the Armed Forces recently. Did he have forewarning of a plot to unseat him ?
Whilst the female members of his Cabinet wallow in embezzlement and mismanagement with authorise impunity from their boss.
Then there are some comments to the effect that it is no body's business ? ? ?
By the time that this Nigeria as we know it is disintegrating, and there are wars of genocide, mass killings, looting and large-scale molesting, and it affects everybody in every part of the nation, they will continue to say that it is not their problem.
It seems as though there are ever worse and more extremely evil days ahead, if what is happening now is any indication of the capacity for wickedness visited by those miscreants upon fellow citizens.

Posted: at 5-02-2014 10:14 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie