Kos'an William

Lawyer. Erstwhile Banker| Policy Reform| Corporate Governance| Legislative Drafting| Tax Law| EU PLAC 2024 LIP

[Kos'an William @MisonaWilliam]

@UBACares That’s what you say every darn time, but not for once did you solve any of my problems.

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@cenbank @UBAGroup has been misbehaving. I can’t access the App and it has caused me tremendous distress.

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A government that fails to punish grave crimes fails to deter future offenders. When terrorists are reintegrated without facing the full weight of the law, it sends a message that the consequences of terrorism are negotiable. This can embolden active insurgents and undermine the morale of security forces who risk their lives to combat them.

More baffling about the reintegration of terrorists back to our communities is the fact that our government does not take into cognizance the high rates of recidivism. Reports indicate that some reintegrated individuals have been known to return to their old groups or form new kidnapping rings. Recidivism rates among general offenders in Nigeria have been high and there is no credible evidence that terrorist offenders are less likely to relapse than common criminals.

So I ask in genuine bewilderment, is the government not afraid that reintegration programmes can be exploited by terrorist groups as a strategy for infiltration? That these insurgents may repent as a ploy to gather intelligence or access security agencies. In conflict zones across the world, fake defections have been used to plant operatives within state institutions.

How do we even measure cognitive change? Is swearing by a holy book enough to decipher whether an individual has truly renounced a violent extremist ideology or simply disengaged tactically? The answer is no. A man can stop fighting because he is tired, hungry, or losing. That does not mean he has stopped believing. A short abracadabra in the guise of a rehabilitation course, a public apology, or an oath on a sacred text can all be performed without any internal transformation.

For a common Nigerian, we are no longer asking for the essentials for a good life. We are not asking for basic amenities. We are not asking for the infrastructure that undergirds a decent society. We are only asking for the Right to life. We just want to have life, regardless of the poor state of things. We only want to breathe while the grand larceny of our common patrimony is ongoing. How hard is that?

We understand that socioeconomic rights are not justiciable. We understand that the bifurcation and compartmentalization of our human rights into different genres was just to dehumanize us. But we did not think that it was to take our lives from us; we didn’t think that we’d be exposed to lethal violence while the state looks yonder. We do not think that while we retire to our shelters, which are even unsuitable for modern poultry and piggery, that insurgents would go after us to slit our throats. And that after all these, the government ignores the victim and grants amnesty to the offender. What then is our return on patriotism?

If the state demands our loyalty, our taxes, omertà in the face of corruption, and even our blood when conscripted into local vigilante efforts, it owes us at minimum the protection of our lives. When that same state instead protects those who have sworn to destroy us, when it offers them amnesty, then the offender becomes the ward of the state while the victim becomes a footnote.

What then is the reward for remaining law abiding when the law rewards those who broke it? Has the government not betrayed every citizen who has not yet picked up a weapon?

Verily I say unto you, the most dangerous thing a government can do is teach its peaceful citizens that there is no reward for remaining peaceful.

[Kos'an William @MisonaWilliam]

@GovernmentZA You’ll lose subsequent matches so you can go back home to your jobs and women.

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@DanielRegha Good for you that your foolishness is earning you some digital coins.

I’m not offended. Man must chop.

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@sholard_mancity You’re a terribly dishonest person.

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@Vxebo_ Why then did you participate in the tournament?

Sore losers!

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@gimbakakanda I speak for and on behalf of all Africans from our continent. Today, we’re all in support of Bafana Bafana. Ubuntu must not die because of our differences.

Wena thabiso shabalala Mex finna chop their papa Kusa nje ekuseni lahla wentombanzone ubunga le bhola

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@Kingsholz Yessssssss!

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@vai1kai Hi

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@impeculiar1b Hi

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@ZariyiYusufu Happy Easter, man of the people.

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@HaroonBello @Sarki_sultan Just like your mom.

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@Zomm_j @AhmadDacholom I’m coming for some

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@HaroonBello @Sarki_sultan Ask your mother. She sets the standard for that.

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@lunarfq Hello

I need a thousand followers.

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@HaroonBello @Sarki_sultan Go to school. You need education. Just go to school.

You shouldn’t be a nuisance when we have many schools around. Just go get some education.

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@ZariyiYusufu They’re not even consistent with their gamut of concocted lies.

Other ‘historians’ have cooked different blunders.

It is really amusing.

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@HaroonBello @Sarki_sultan You must be referring to your mother.

Well, you should go to school; your English is very poor.

[Kos'an William @MisonaWilliam]

@HaroonBello @Sarki_sultan Are you referring to your mother?