This year alone more than 1,500 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in terrorist attacks.
SAUDI ARABIA: One wonders what sort of evil forces have gripped Nigeria in the last few years; there is no end to the widespread bloodshed despite government efforts to contain it. Last week Boko Haram, a militant organisation along the lines of the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban, attacked a college in northeast Nigeria, burned down the college library before proceeding to a village near the Cameroon border where over 100 unarmed civilians were killed. And then on April 14 more than 70 people were killed in a bomb blast at a crowded bus stand on the outskirts of the capital, Abuja. This year alone more than 1,500 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in terrorist attacks.
We are watching Nigeria being pushed towards the chaos Pakistan has been witnessing for more than a decade. Let’s hope that Nigeria does not make the same mistakes that Pakistan did.
Masood Khan
Jubail
Published in The Express Tribune, April 16th, 2014.
Like Opinion & Editorial on Facebook, follow @ETOpEd on Twitter to receive all updates on all our daily pieces.
