He had a strong feeling, but decided he would spend some time with the boys, have a few drinks, and go on a date with Flora before heading out on the mission tonight. They had pulled off a big blow the night before: a bank, whose name he couldn’t even remember, had been thoroughly cleaned. The operation had killed one of the gang members and all the security agents on duty that night; three of them; dead too Now they were far from danger and now they only think about having a good time: wine, women, drugs and loud music. This is how they spend loot without caring where the next Naira will come from. This is how they show those in power that they too had power.
Now Jude has been arrested, mutilated, convicted and sentenced to death for armed robbery and murder. The riot of the night was fatally over and the game was over for a young man who would have been a responsible, successful, law-abiding citizen, but who had been forced into a life of crime and vice by society because that was the kind of society that grew. until meeting and surviving on.
Those in power steal more and do more damage to society than people like Jude, but instead of treating them the same way they have treated Jude, they are praised and awarded as “fathers of modern Nigeria”, “elder statesmen”. , “philanthropists”, etc. However, as the saying goes: “every day is for the thief, but one day is for the owner”, we are seeing justice being done in recent times in our beloved but beleaguered nation. A host of stinking skeletons in the closet of those who dominated Nigerian politics in the immediate past and even in the current administration are exposed on an almost daily basis. Criminal politicians (state governors, ministers, DGs and Perm. Secs) are now being questioned by the EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission).
We must face the ugly present squarely and ensure that the threat of corruption is tackled decisively to achieve anything. However, for all the recent developments, we give thanks to the powers that be and sincerely believe that justice will be served and that Nigerians will finally see the day when corruption will be a thing of the past and the future of Nigeria and the world will be a bright one.