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NOW HEAR THIS Nigerians all over the world.

The fundamental question is – what are the benefits of sponsorship for the killings and destruction of Nigerians and Nigeria?

WE HAVE GIVEN AWAY 12 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN KATSINA: THE GRADUAL DEATH OF A NATION

When peace deals replace law, and bandits become partners in governance, the soul of a nation is already bleeding.

By Colonel Emeritus IA Okereke

The news that twelve local governments in Katsina State — the home of Nigeria’s immediate past President — have signed a peace deal with bandits is not just shocking; it is a national confession of failure. When elected leaders and security agencies, constitutionally empowered to defend lives and property, must negotiate with killers and kidnappers, sovereignty itself has been traded for survival.

This development is not a peace process; it is a surrender document. It exposes the naked weakness of a State that has lost its monopoly over legitimate force. In any functioning democracy, peace is built upon justice, law, and the firm authority of the State — not upon appeasement of armed criminals. Once non-state actors dictate the terms of coexistence, the State has effectively abdicated its constitutional responsibility.

THE SYMBOLISM OF KATSINA

That this is happening in Katsina — the home state of the immediate past Commander-in-Chief — is both symbolic and shameful. If peace cannot reign there without the blessings of bandits, then what hope remains for the rest of the North? The so-called “peace accord” is not a breakthrough; it is a tragic epitaph for a broken republic.

THE DEEPER ROT

This did not start today. It is the bitter harvest of reckless, visionless, and irresponsible leadership over decades.

Leadership without courage or accountability.

Intelligence corrupted by ethnic bias and greed.

Soldiers neglected, underpaid, and demoralized.

Bandits elevated to stakeholders, while victims are forgotten.

The Nigerian State is bleeding from within — not because we lack brave men and women, but because we lack truth, discipline, and direction at the top. Every peace deal with bandits is a betrayal of justice and of every soldier who died defending this nation.

ONCE WE ENFORCED PEACE, NOW WE BEG FOR IT

We must remember: Nigeria once enforced peace across Africa. We did not beg rebels for mercy; we restored sovereignty, authority, and governance in nations torn apart by war.
In Liberia, Sierra Leone, and other crisis zones, Nigerian troops — disciplined, courageous, and respected — restored law, order, and hope.
Today, in tragic irony, those who once enforced peace abroad are watching helplessly as their own homeland signs peace deals with criminals.

What a shame. What a people. What a fall from grace.

ACCOUNTABILITY MUST COME

Our leaders owe Nigerians an explanation — a truthful account of how they brought this nation to its knees. The people deserve to know why a country that once projected stability and leadership has become a playground for terrorists and bandits.

The first step to redemption is honest admission of failure. The second is the political will to rebuild — not through pacts with bandits, but through justice, courage, and national rebirth.

Unless we awaken from this nightmare, the Giant of Africa will not fall suddenly; it will decay silently, piece by piece, until nothing remains but the memory of what could have been.