By Ibrahim Abubakar Difa
In the first rejoinder, the weakness, hollowness, emptiness
and bankruptcy of what I characterized as the “Ambush” or “Assassination”
“Theory”, which was expounded by the Nigerian Military to justify its brutal
crackdown on the Islamic Movement in Nigeria led by Maulana Sayyid Ibrahim
Yaqoub Zakzaky, had been clearly explained. Accordingly, when the “theory”
looks stupid and could only be believed by the shallow, blind-hearted and
retarded minds, when it woefully failed to convince the general public
particularly the objective and the broad-minded, when it was unsuccessful in
generating the desired result of appealing to public sentiments, when it
flopped in deceiving, misleading and manipulating the peoples emotion; the
Military was, in this circumstance, tremendously compelled to come-up with
another “logic” in its desperate attempt at providing a cover to its
criminality. The new “logic” is what I referred to as the “Road Block Theory”.
In this “theory”, the spokesman of the Nigerian Army, a certain Colonel Sani
Kuka Sheka, accused the Islamic Movement in Nigeria of “Road Blockage”. The
Officer, as could be inferred from his press statement, which was broadcast by
the BBC Hausa Service, was not only particular about the alleged obstruction of
the COAS’s convoy, but a general “Road Blockage” whenever the Movement conducts
an activity. This, as could be deduced from the statement, causes a lot of
inconveniences to the people in Zaria, adding, inferably that the rights of
members of the Movement to religious and social activities, does not nullify
the rights of other citizens to free movement.
