Henry Ayanruoh
29 June 2009
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Violence has achieved its purpose; it has drawn both national and international attention to the gulf that separates promise and fulfillment in our region. It has produced a definite character development for our region among Nigerians.
People are now willing to tell the truth about the attitude of the Federal Government and other Nigerians to the development of the region. In time past they used deception as a technique for appeasing and soothing the Federal Government.
At each stage of the struggle we should question the effectiveness and even the manliness of the means we are using. This is the time to disown the use of violence in our struggle and to conduct it on a high plane of dignity and discipline.
The Federal Government should stop the bombardment of the region because an internal war between the JTF and militants or freedom fighters God forbid, would leave only a smoldering ashes as a mute testimony of a government and a people whose folly led to their ultimate death.
The Federal government should start implementing a genuine concerted and democratic program of development in the area to discourage the youths from flirting unhesitatingly with violence so that they don't transform this earthly habitat into an inferno.
Mr. Ayanruoh, a member Delta Waterways Security Committee, writes from Delta State.
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