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He was a British medical practitioner who could have stayed in his country. At least, one of the most paying professions in the world is medicine.
However, whoever a person is, if they fail to find self fulfilment, they are nobody. Ian was not satisfied with a normal medical practice.
He therefore travelled to Africa in order to offer some help. He called his programme, ‘Mission for vision’.
He went out of his way to source for eyeglasses. He went out of his way to train even some local people.
However, he was kidnapped with three other Britons. The three others were released.
Ian Squire was murdered by the devilish kidnappers. According, to sources, the group that kidnapped Ian and the others is called Niger Delta Avengers.
Most sources have praised the Nigerian security system for their good work. If even foreigners could praise the security forces, then we should know they are doing a hell of a job.
But I must suggest that the security forces should not relent in their efforts to flush out the group that killed Ian and other such groups. They should bring them to justice by letting them have their days in court.
Like I wrote in an earlier post, the sanity of our society is suspect. At least, I can remember the reason why the late governor of the Western region, Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi was killed. The head of state whom the coupists were after was his guest. He knew he owed his guest protection. Since he couldn’t, at the point in time, protect his guest, he courageously decided that whatever would befall his guest should also befall him.
And so was it.
It is inhumane, unAfrican, callous and a sign of savagery to attack guests. More so, a guest that had come to offer medical services to your people.
So, why should foreigners travel to Nigeria? We have been advertising our tourism industry. It’s like we have not yet advertised kidnapping as another kind of tourism.
I am not unaware of the fact that the Niger Delta is impoverished. This is even notable when you consider the fact that the region remains Nigeria’s garden of Eden.
However, the people themselves are suffering from environmental pollution. As a result, their soil, to a large extent, is not good for serious agricultural activities neither are their waters.
But, is it the fault of those that came for missionary work? I think the sooner the criminals that perpetrated the act are rounded up the better.
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