My people! Make we yarn about the wahala wey don happen for Germany and Nigeria. You sabi that cold January wey just pass? Na there dem drop bomb of ecoterrorism like say na Christmas firecracker! The Vulkangruppe, wey dem sabi as Volcano Group, carry juju comot power from almost 100,000 people for Berlin sake of environmental wahala. E no be small thing abeg!
Dem attack power supply just when snow dey fall fall like say dem wan serve us chilled drink. Since dem begin this palava, more than 45,000 houses and 2,000 businesses sit down without light for days. Abeg, imagine temperature drop to –10 degrees Celsius! People dey freeze like ice-cream, and train no fit carry dem go where dem wan go. Na the longest power cut wey Berlin don see since dem finish war.
But wetin dey make matter dey gree be say, these guys don send letter ahead, na so dem fit give warning. Dem dey complain say the rich sabi carry load for power and environmental destruction, while dem dey forget say dem dey jinx the poor. Na here we dey see the vex – dem feel say dem dey punish the hustlers wey no care about Mother Nature.
When we check Nigeria level, no be today wey we dey hear about militants. For 2016, Niger Delta Avengers come shine like star with dem own style of ecoterrorism. Dem bomb oil wells like say na Saturday night party. But instead of kidnapping, dem carry people comot from danger before dey blow up oil installations! Dem come dey use this show dey vex for government wey no fit take care of the land. Na true wahala be that!
These Avengers make statement wey say “We go spoil wetin you wan use to show say you no dey care for us!” Na signature of ecoterrorism full ground. But make you no get it twisted, we get history of such nonsense even for America, with Hardesty Avengers wey don scatter trees anyway. Na the boiling point wey them dey try reach, but the price wey people dey pay na too high.
Now the question na, who go carry the blame? Ecoterrorists claim say dem dey fight for nature, but clear say dem dey involve violence wen e suppose dey peaceful ways of activism. For America alone, dem government don waste half a billion dollars trying to fix wetin dis angry folks don destroy. E dey funny that while dem dey demand cleanup, dem dey contribute to new pollution! Only in Naija, you fit hear things wey dey make sense and nonsense at the same time.
For Berlin, Volcano Group even release statement wey talk say dem sorry for any wahala wey light-out don cause, but na the fossil fuel guys dem dey after! Dem use mouth talk say dem respect life, while don create confusion for the average person wey just wan live after cold night! Look frontend, the irony of this situation be like joke!
Na so we dey reason am: as we dey face all dis wahala, the best way no be through violence. If na serious matter we dey talk, people wey no get will always suffer the most. No be the rich go find way escape? Na the poor go dey catch the bullet. Wetin dem go achieve with dis ecoterrorism no go too sweet for anybody. Na negotiation na im go bring lasting peace!
In conclusion, if we wan save our ecosystem, make we try do am without breaking heads and burning houses. Wetin make sense no be to turn around wey we for stop environmental harm, instead of adding more fuel to the fire. Meka we try dey negotiate in peace instead of dey use militant approach! This one na gist wey we go carry for our mind as we dey waka ahead!
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