Nigerians are not as powerless as we often claim to be. We know how to mobilise when an issue touches our faith or ethnic sentiment. We only play the victim when we do not wish to act, when the issue is civic, not rel constitutional, not emotional . Over the years, we have watched countless violations [ ]
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