We Seem to Have Accepted killings as our New Normal- Dogara

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara says it appears Nigerians have grown accustomed to the killings taking place across the country and have accepted it as the new normal.

According to ThisDay, Dogara spoke during a keynote address at a summit organized by the Sultan Maccido Institute for Peace and Development Studies at the University of Abuja.He stated that the situations have become a part of the Nigerian people’s daily lives.

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“Today, Nigeria is faced with an unprecedented crisis, so much so that nothing in our history prepares us for such a time as this,” Dogara said.

“We seem to have accepted killings and mass murder as our new normal and so many cold-blooded murders of our brothers and sisters no longer make the headlines in the media.

“As students, lecturers, and political leaders, some of us are complicit, while the few who have dared to speak up are already outraged, fatigued and have surrendered to fatalism- a feeling that nothing matters anymore. It is like Nigeria seems to be suffering from some kind of God-ordained ineluctable fate.

“What we have done before doesn’t matter; all that matters is our present station. As long as we are not actively engaged in seeking solutions to these intractable issues, we are actually, wittingly or unwittingly, actively promoting it.”

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“We’ll be strong and when we strive to keep our bond and remain undivided, we will be invincible. This is what should concern every patriotic Nigerian at the moment, not scheming for future elections,” he said.

“All efforts of patriotic citizens must be geared towards stopping our dear country from the ongoing death by a thousand cuts.

“Attacks are unrelenting and there appears to be no end in sight. The situation has clearly gotten out of hand, following the repeated overrun of military formations by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, wanton killings and kidnap for ransom and mass abduction of school children in different parts of the country.