Preferential justice
Preferential justice “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others” When these more equal animals are involved in a criminal act the law becomes deaf, dumb, and blind. The Nigerian police and other law enforcement agencies are only interested in punishing the innocent and leaving the criminals to go Scot free. This reminds me of the day robbers invaded Imo state capital Owerri; they had a field day robbing many banks without so much as a single reasonable challenge from the police. After the robbery the police went on air to announce how their gallant fight with the robbers prevented the robber from taking anything. Days later they caught students allegedly initiating their fellow students into cultism. Rumors mills started churning, claiming that they have caught all the robbers that robbed Owerri. Every indigene of the state knows the truth but if you make as much noise as to say it you are in trouble. They didn’t catch any robber and may never catch an...