Insurgency In The Land Poem by Kingsley Egbukole

There in the arid and middle belt
Herders and farmers clashes
Destruction of farm lands
The Boko Haram rampage
Kidnappings and ransoms
Bizarre maiming and killings
In very barbaric styles

There where the Niger merges the sea
The militants hold sway
In Gestapo design
Vandalism of oil pipe lines
Oil bunkering and crude refining
Kidnapping of expatriates
Group supremacy clashes
War lords turn nascent billionaires

There where the sun rises
Unknown gun men is the fear
Sit-at-home orders
Kidnappers run things
Baby factories booming
Burnings and destructions
A government within a government

There where the sun sets
Touts run the government
Cultism reign supreme
Yahoo boys and yahoo plus are kings
Kidnappers also infiltrate
Ritualism is a way of life

The catalogue of evil keep piling
The products of misrule and corruption
No one can bell the cat
Cos the powers are beneficiaries
And no criminal can prosecute self
Only the common man suffers.

(Sunday,1/10/2023,4.15am)