Attacking Wrong Targets

THE HORIZON BY KAYODE KOMOLAFE The Buhari administration told its critics two days ago that “enough is enough” on the observations that Nigeria might have become a “failed state.” A trend is emerging in the rhetorical war waged against opponents and critics by the Buhari administration: the muscular offensive is targeted at the critical voices instead of smashing the problem. The other day, the President himself descended on “irresponsible activists” in a speech he made at a ministerial retreat. In a stout defence of the federal government this time round, Information Minister Lai Mohammed called out The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), human rights bodies especially Amnesty International and “jaundiced analysts and their lapdogs,” accusing them of posing as a “fighting force” against Nigeria.