Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

'Alea iacta est: The die is cast. The assault on the Niger Delta is about to begin.'

The history of the Nigerian Niger Delta crisis is well known. We know that this is not a crisis that came about because a group of men and women got bored and then decided to take on the Nigerian government for the fun of it. No. This is a crisis that has been brewing for decades.

The vast majority of sub-Saharan Africans who live outside of the continent are in exile. For these Africans, their condition may either be self-imposed or forced by the prevailing conditions in the continent.

At a recently concluded socio-cultural event in Odi, Bayelsa State, Dr Timiebi Koripamo-Agary, who is one of the most trusted, most seasoned and most professional federal civil servants, and who is also a member of the Federal Government Committee on Amnesty and Rehabilitation, was quoted as sayi

‘I hate victims who respect their executioners.’ (Jean-Paul Sartre).