"Organized Crime": A New Form Of Political "Theory" And The Nigeria Case
04 November 2014
By Taofeeq Hamzat Adebiyi
Any organization that directly or
indirectly perpetrates organized crime is sooner
becoming un- organized society. In Nigeria, it is
possible to define organized crime as a situation
where political leaders, big rich men, the powers that
be, senior business executives and money monger
religious leaders, work collectively and connectively
to create deceit and confusion among the populace and
the masses, for the sole purpose of establishing and
nourishing superiority, long stay in power,
illiteracy, disunity, through corruption and
indiscipline.
In this kind of environment, loop-holes
in the organizational management are intentionally
created for the members of the crime group to tape.
This creates an avenue for continued expansion of the
organized crime system. The expansion and the
development of this circle will make the central and
the regional operational level becomes strong and
supportive. Any attempt from outside, either from the
media, human right activists and other humanly
thinking groups are frustrated through harassment,
brutality, false accusation and blunt lies.
Let me say it clear that this is done
in connection with other international similar
political agenda propagators from many other part of
the world. The promoters of this type of ideology see
nothing wrong, as the motive behind this is to create
another new way for political international and
national theory, that which can give another
definition to criminality as far as it is done in an
organized manner. It encourages criminal act done in
connection with the power that be, and discourages
criminality based on individuality. But, we need to
ask if criminal act done in any manner should be
upheld? This question I know from the angles at which
the readers come from may justify the answers. It
might look contentious to some readers.
In fact, the cases of organized crime
in Nigeria are many, but I give the case of Boko Haram
as the most significant and the most interesting one.
It may take me much elaborated writings to explain the
cases of organized crime in Nigeria, if I mention some
many other cases to you other than the case of Boko
Haram, since every one still want to know where is the
Chibok Girls?... Do you know that nearly, no nation of
the world today is free of this criminal act? The
differences may be in the type and logical means of
operation. Yes, there are many types of organized
crime, but that is not want I want to discuss here.
Amnesty International and many other
independent journalists and media across the country,
revealed shocking and prevailing information regarding
the activities of the Boko Haram fighters that clearly
gives insightful thought about the connection,
relationship and similarities of the definition of an
organized crime form of political ideology which I
give in the first paragraph of this article. The
instances of several top political, army officers and
senior religious money mongers, who have been accused
of several criminal acts gives meaning to how
organized crime could be understood in Nigeria. They
operate in Nigeria through Boko Haram insurgency.
Watch out for other case, when Boko Haram is exposed.
I tell you some of the strategies for
this kind of political ideology are creation of
violence, rage and confusion, under which when the
masses are fed up then they (organized crime managers)
manage to restore temporary peace and tranquility
simply for political reason such as propaganda,
re-election and recruitment of new members. Members of
the organized crime are initiated in connection with
superior senior members, which strategically bring in
the new members by indirectly identifying and
portraying organized crime as legitimate form of power
control. The channel is maintained through political
fatherism and Kabarism. These two group leaders are
well known in Nigeria. Other organized crime forums in
many other international and national arena have
different identities. The identities are similar, but
the terminologies might be different. The holder of
the fatherism and kabarism position may be from the
senior political office holders, the senior executive
officers and managers, rich economy dictators and
money lovers' religious leaders. E.t.c
Boko Haram fighters will soon be
defeated temporarily, (as part of the strategy) when
the presidential election draws near. The Chibok Girls
will be returned in batch, as some might have died. I
am not prophesying, rather I write from my experience
as it relate to how organized crime political ideology
operate. Nigeria is experiencing another form of
political theory, as this has been commonly practiced
in the Arab world, some years back. Reflection of
political issues and history in Egypt, Syria, Saudi
Arabia and Libya will give an idea. The master plan is
with the most senior operators: the USA and the
Britain.
What could be done?
Political-ideological problems are
solved through the emergence of another distinct and
completely different ideological system. This can only
be possible if joint efforts are combining at
international and national arena to confront with
sincerity and courage the atrocity of the organized
crime promoters, through selfish- free leadership and
discipline. Some time, sudden break up in channel of
operation could pave a way for easy penetration from a
liberation force, such as the human right activists,
non-compromiser journalists and righteous religion
leaders.
In Nigeria, organized crime could be
defeated only when the masses collectively understand
that dividing the populace through the line of
religion and ethnicity is part of the strategy being
used by the promoters of the organized crime. This I
think may be working well in Nigeria, as it is a
country of religious proclamation, but few are Godly.
It could also be defeated if we learn to be patriotic,
tolerance, discipline and we strive to correct our
value system.
We should understand reason why
progressive thinkers will never be crime compromisers.
If you ask me the agenda behind this organized crime
theory, I will say it's a total war against the dense
human population. The big players see the need to
reduce the alarming population growth rate in African
and some other part of the world, and then had
collaboration with selfish leaders and presidents of
these countries to cut-down the "crazy population". I
don't know why human being needs to reduce the
population of another fellow human being.
Conclusively, please get the right
information. Wrong information could easily derail
you. But I must tell you that, the major source of
information today worldwide is from the organized
crime managers. The masses are majorly information
consumers. That is why some people will want to
question the source of this information I give here.
You cannot get it from those news sites you think, my
dear helpless masses, but the reality is what you all
can see and feel.
TAOFEEQ HAMZAT ADEBIYI is a graduate
of Islamic Science University of Malaysia. Currently,
he is a PhD candidate in communication, with special
interest in comparative journalism, ethical journalism
and journalism culture.