[OPINION] Juju, June 12 and Malami’s killer-soldiers
Like a skeleton, another June 12 creeps up on us. This year’s anniversary is at the King’s Court located on A-Sore-Rock. Twenty-seven-year memories of missed opportunities and unlearnt lessons flood back: Torn drums. Cracked voices. Stopped music. Yet, today’s anniversary dancers wriggle on in wild gyration. The drummers, with bulging biceps and sweaty bodies, bang crazily on the drumless drums.
June 12 has become an annual ritual to luxuriate in bombast and utter hot air. On this June 12, the Katsinner King beats his chest, listing his achievements and claiming responsibility for the taste of water, the colour of air, the roar of the ocean, the teeth of the fowl, the eyelids of the snake and the faecal matter that squeezes through the anus!
The Nigerian military fiercely protects murderers. Like in the case of Giwa, the Nigerian military also effectively protected the Taraba kidnap kingpin, Bala Hamisu aka Wadume, from being taken to justice by some dedicated policemen. Three of the policemen who were transporting Wadume to justice and two civilians were murdered in cold blood by Nigerian soldiers on Tuesday, August 6, 2019. Five other policemen sustained life-threatening injuries in the soldiers’ attack.
As I write this article, I’ve listened to King Sunny Ade’s, “E su biri biri ke bomi,” and Obey’s, “The man, the son and the donkey,” a couple of times. In “E su biri biri,” Sunny examines the abiding complexities of life while Obey, in ‘Ketekete’, bemoans Man’s insatiability.
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