20/11/2025
Let’s stop pretending.
A state that forgives killers but crushes speakers is not fighting insecurity —
it is fighting criticism.
A country where someone can murder Nigerians and “repent” his way out, but another person can talk and face life-ending consequences, is not applying law —
it is applying politics.
And the judiciary, instead of being the last hope of the common man, now risks becoming the last defense line for political convenience.
If this is the message the courts want to send, then let them own it:
“Pick up weapons and you get negotiation.
Speak with your mouth and you get global condemnation.”
What kind of country incentivizes violence while punishing expression?
What kind of justice system fears words more than bullets?
What kind of judiciary protects the powerful but terrifies the powerless?
This is why trust in the system is collapsing.
This is why Nigerians are losing faith in institutions.
This is why people now believe the law is not a shield — it is a weapon deployed selectively.
The rule of law cannot survive in a nation where speech is treated as terrorism and terrorism is treated as a rehabilitation project.
If Nigeria truly wants peace, stability, and unity, the law must be consistent.
The judiciary must stop playing politics.
And justice must not depend on who is offended — it must depend on what happened.
Because a country where killers get mercy and speakers get maximum punishment is already on the path to moral bankruptcy.
And Nigerians are watching.
