
Op-Ed: How sponsored protests are breeding a monster in Abuja – Somtoo Okoye
Certain politicians allegedly organized and paid a group of boys to rig election for them in 2007. After winning the elections, they no longer needed the services of these boys so they chased them away. With no source of income in sight, these boys went into the bush and started kidnapping people. Today, the boys are known as Boko Haram and they are the most dangerous terrorist group in the world, gruesomely kidnapping, executing, killing and maiming hundreds if not thousands of civilians and soldiers every year.
Today, when I see various headlines like "protest against Amnesty International", "protest against Justice Odili", "protest against Deji", "protest against Sowore," "protest for One Nigeria" in Abuja, the Federal Capital of Nigeria, I open these article and the pictures...