Even the religious books admonish us to mourn with our enemies when
they are mourning and rejoice with them when they are rejoicing but some
people, for obvious reasons think it is a good thing to rejoice when
their perceived enemies are mourning.
We can ask even the most necessary and right questions as we mourn
the demise of all those who lost their lives in the ill-fated Navy
helicopter crash but to call for “the cry of death in the camp of our
enemies” seems a rather harsh call. Political differences should not
make us blind to the milk of human kindness in us nor forget that we all
must taste death some day.
Latter day anti-corruption activist and former member of the House of
Representatives who is currently enmeshed in a paternity scandal with a
Nigerian actress, Dino Melaye tweeted, in apparent reaction to
Saturday’s crash: ” @dino_melaye May we hear the cry of death in the
camp of our enemies, I mean the enemies of Nigeria”. Now, compare that
to this by former FCT minister, CPC chieftain and critic of the present
administration, Malam Nasir El-Rufai “@elrufai: “@rosanwo What was the
purpose of a Naval Helicopter at a private burial? Abuse of office and
power”..good questions! But mourn first..pls” the outspoken El-rufai
tweeted when someone raised what was certainly a valid poser.
Would you ever rejoice at your perceived enemy when he/she is mourning?
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