Nigerians can confidently attest to the annihilation of the Boko Haram insurgents and near complete triumph of federal troops in the war against terrorism in the North East and elsewhere in the country, since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office as President and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

In September 2014, a 19-year-old woman whom I will call Aisha was celebrating a friend’s wedding in a small village in north-eastern Nigeria when Boko Haram attacked. The fighters killed the groom and many of the male guests. They abducted Aisha, along with other women, including her sister and the bride.

Today, the Senate passed a motion on the two year observance of the abduction of the 276 Chibok School Girls that were taken at gunpoint from Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State on April 14, 2012.

Like many Nigerians, I am eager to see our justice system work. I want to see a situation where criminal cases are speedily adjudged with increased efficiency by the courts, followed by the conviction of members of the political and non-political class if found guilty.

MOHAMMED Hayatudeen, the intelligent and well focused founding chief executive of the defunct FSB Bank, a few years ago made a passionate appeal to the Nigerian political leaders which unfortunately fell on deaf ears. Hayatudeen told the political class that the country would leapfrog developmentally if they see the six geopolitical zones as development centres rather than platforms for pushing sectional and divisive interests which at the end of the day leave the overwhelming majority of the Nigerian people shortchanged. Not even the media or development-oriented organisations helped to spread the Hayatudeen gospel.