In the last one week or so that Jos, the nation's Tin City, witnessed another orgy of killings, which is gradually, but unfortunately becoming its second identity, sane Nigerians, nay, the entire world have been beside themselves with indignation. The outrage has been as diverse as it is widespread.

The general condemnation, nationally and internationally, indicate a refreshing feeling that those who revel at the sight of human blood are still in the minority. Naturally, events in the world have shown that it is impossible to make it totally free of men and women, who would rather live like animals than humans, whose source of happiness is measured by the level of bestiality they inflict on fellow men.

The world, it seems, would continue to be stuck with men, like Adolph Hitler, who sent six million Jews to the Gas Chamber or Osama Bin Laden, who caused the death of close to five thousand people in less than five minutes, when he brought down the World Trade Centre or the butchers in Rwanda, who massacred more than 800,000 of their compatriots in a fell swoop. Yes, there will continue to be scenes, it seems, like the Mumbai bombing, the numerous carnages in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan for as long as there are men who have filled their hearts with loathing for fellow human beings.

For as long as they exist and use the wrong template in dealing with others other than the one handed down by God, humanity is not likely to see the last of the Boko Harams, Jos, Ife-Modakeke, Aguleri-Umuleri. Stories of Odi and Zaki-Biam would continue to be told, because the men that make them happen have not been removed.

But then, because they are in the minority and hopefully will remain so, they will continue to be in hiding from the majority, who cherish life and would want to preserve it.

Even till date, the masterminds of the genocide of the Second World War, are still being pursued, even in their old age so that can face justice. Only the other day, Radovan Karadzic, the notorious Bosnian Serb leader, after living in hiding for several years, disguising himself, finally fell in the hands of the law and is now accounting for his role in the unholy campaign to destroy the Muslim and Croat communities in eastern Bosnia, during the break up of Yugoslavia. His case is coming after that of the late Bosnian President, Slobodan Milosevic, who died in prison before his trial was concluded. The masterminds of the Rwandan genocide are no better as the long arm of the law has similarly caught up with some of them.

For his own role in the death of thousands of his countrymen, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, was pulled out from a hole some years ago, tried and executed by the powers that replaced him, ending a sad history in the Muslim country. Augusto Pinochet of Chile, also did not escape a similar treatment for the death of over 3,000 and disappearance of many more of his countrymen during his reign, though like Milosevic, he also died in hospital, while awaiting justice.

Today, Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir cannot congregate with his counterparts outside Khartoum, because he is on the wanted list, for a similar role in the Darfur Region of the country.

So, what seems of great import and a sort of elixir to the evil that they commit is that no matter how far they run, as the likes of Bin Laden, the notorious leader of Al-Qaeda is presently doing, they would either be caught by the free world or die running, like the Butcher of Kampala, Idi Amin of Uganda. That some of them escape the law, is not for want of trying, but because fate allowed it.

That, perhaps, is the difference in Nigeria, where nobody is on record to have faced a similar fate, despite the millions of deaths that have occurred in similar circumstances over the years in different parts of the country, particularly the North, one of which was linked to the civil war that consumed its own millions of souls.

It is on this ground that the latest Jos crisis, where over 500 people, particularly women and children, were reportedly killed in the dead of the night by alleged Fulani herdsmen finds deeper expression.

Like many Nigerians, I have known nothing but pain and anger since being confronted with the gory spectacle of lifeless women and children at different stages of mutilation, as displayed on national and international media.

However, the most annoying aspect of it is the verbose, indecent and totally obtuse exchanges between those in charge of affairs in a state that ordinarily should have been the pride of the entire nation for its breathtaking landscape, good weather and friendly people, all which have been wasted on the alter of primordial passions, stoked by unscrupulous and evil-minded people.

I actually watched with keen interest as the police paraded those they claimed were arrested for the benumbing massacre. But as I looked into the faces of these ordinary people, I could not help but have pity on them, when my emotion should have been otherwise. I did, because I knew instantly that these were not the real people Nigerians want their heads. They were not the Milosevics, the Hitlers, the al-Bashirs, the Husseins and the Pinochets. They were simply ordinary paupers, merely used as pawns on the chessboard the unconscionable leaders in Plateau State have been playing for years now in the state capital.

Therefore, to me, even if these poor men eventually go down, perhaps because the law does not recognise ignorance as an excuse, nothing would have been achieved until their sponsors, who must have been watching the same scenario in their air-conditioned homes, with glasses of the choicest wines and the sweet smell of the most delicious foods wafting through the air are arrested and brought to justice.

A good place to start is a thorough investigation the happenings that night between Jang and his group on the one hand and the army on the other.

The governor had pointedly accused the organisation of failing to come to the rescue of the victims, despite being notified ahead of time about the impending danger. However, the Army was to respond in a manner that failed to obviate it of blame. Apart from trying to paint the governor as an interested party in the Jos saga and thus discredit his statement on that score, I tried in vain to see any concrete explanation or denial of this allegation.

That was until the General Officer Commanding the 3rd Armoured Division, Jos, Brigadier-General Saleh Maina, the man directly accused came out later to make a direct declaration.

Jang and other Jos elements, had claimed that they contacted Maina on his mobile phone to intimate him of the invasion of the Dogo Na Hauwa and surrounding villages and requested him to send his men, who have been providing security after a similar outbreak of violence in January, overwhelmed the police, only for him to do nothing after promising otherwise.

But the army boss, dismissed this on Thursday, at a press briefing in Jos, saying no such communication ever transpired. I was glad that at least, he denied the allegation directly.

That now leaves the matter to those who ought to investigate to ascertain who is telling the truth, which I believe if pursued in the manner it is done in other countries, where such incidents are not discoloured by anything else but the need to find the truth, would expose the real men Nigerians and good men want to see face justice.

Ironically, Maina admitted that he actually got text messages from some people, but that the messages, apparently meant as a decoy, sent his men to the wrong places.

Now, since reading these accounts, I have continued to ponder over what actually happened. Was it that Jang and his men spoke to the wrong person? Didn't they have the right number of the Army Commander? How come it was only the messages from those that deceived him that came through? Or was it that the army boss, meaning no harm, simply discountenanced the message because he believed, as the Army implied in its earlier explanation that the governor wanted to drag them into the politics of the state, only to discover that the information was true? Or was it that Jang, himself, the Chief Security Officer of the state, simply was not on top of the situation and is simply looking for a fall guy, which he has conveniently found in the GOC?

A new twist was added at the weekend, when former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Domkat Bali came out smoking, and confirmed that Maina had scant regard for distress calls from those he is supposed to secure.

Somehow, I feel the truth lies in finding answers to the accounts of the two camps. And the solution too.