Oceans Of Blood and the Power Of Truth - By FFK

Another article from Femi Fani Kayode
"The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack
it, ignorance may deride it but in the end, there it
is" – Sir Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of
Great Britain (1940-1945 and 1951-1955).
Nothing empowers the spirit more than the truth.
Nothing warms the soul more than the truth.
Nothing dispels the darkness more than the
truth.
Nothing emboldens the noble more than the truth.
Nothing sheds the light more than the truth. Nothing
enlightens the ignorant more than the truth. Nothing
frees the enslaved more than the truth. Nothing liberates
the mind more than the truth.
Nothing purges the evil more than the truth. Nothing
hurts the vile more than the truth. Nothing troubles the
murderous more than the truth. Nothing exposes the
reprobate more than the truth. Nothing burns the
slanderer more than the truth.
Nothing chains the liar more than the truth. Nothing
heals the wounded more than the truth. Nothing brings
the peace more than the truth. Nothing torments the
oppressor more than the truth. Nothing haunts the
wicked more than the truth. Nothing punishes the tyrant
more than the truth. Nothing humiliates the proud more
than the truth. Nothing restores our hope more than the
truth. Nothing serves justice more than the truth.
Nothing delivers the captive more than the truth. As
Churchill said, ‘’the truth is incontrovertible’’. It is
overwhelming and it is irresistable. It is powerful and it
is beautiful.
It cannot be destroyed. It cannot be denied. It cannot be
suppressed. It is eternal. It will always be revealed at
the appointed time. It may be ignored for a season but it
will eventually resurface to torment the deceiver.
With truth comes the opportunity to repent and to
forgive. With truth comes justice,  healing, peace, love,
restoration, reconciliation, reparation, redemption and
the chance for new beginnings. Without truth there can
be none of these blessings or virtues: only darkness,
deceit, ugliness, suspicion, hate, carnage, violence and
the enthronement and celebration of bitter and wretched
souls. Without truth evil goes from strength to strength.
Without truth the wicked crush innocent souls. Without
truth the oppressor continues to thrive and flourish but
with truth the righteous rise and reach the top. Without
truth nations wither and perish but with truth they
prosper and excel.
Yet what truth resides in our beleagured country? A
country that feeds fat on lies and revels in deceit. A
country that refuses to teach its children our history in
order to cover up the many wrongs and injustices of the
past. A country whose elders refer to the oppressed and
dissolusioned as desperate ''miscreants''. A country
whose leaders refer to those that seek to enforce their
legitimate rights as ''money-loving drug dealers and
skillful scammers''.
A country that cannot make a distinction between those
that seek to peacefully exercise their right of self-
determination and those that terrorise, kill and maim
others in an attempt to impose their faith. There are
many truths that the Nigerian people will have to come
to terms with before our nation can be at peace with
itself.
An ocean of blood has been shed in the name of a
united Nigeria yet the perpetrators of state-sponsored
violence have never been brought to book. Many souls
have been wasted in trying to keep us one. How much
more blood has to flow before those that have ruled us
from time immemorial accept the fact that nations
cannot be established by subjugation and tyranny but
only by justice, equity, truth, equal rights and consensus.
The truth of the Jos massacre in 1945 where hundreds
were slaughtered cannot be denied. The truth of the
Kano riots in 1953 where thousands were butchered
cannot be denied. The truth of the pogroms in the north
in 1966 where hundreds of thousands were killed cannot
be denied. The truth of the slaughter of millions of
innocent civilians, women and children between 1967
and 1969 during the Nigerian civil war cannot be denied.
The truth of the Asaba masssacre in 1969 where 1000
little boys and old men were rounded up in the town
square and shot in the head cannot be denied.
The truth of the massacre of hundreds of thousands of
Christians and ethnic minorities all over the north and
particularly in the Middle Belt throughout the 80’s and
90’s cannot be denied. The truth of political sharia with
its attendant violence, trauma, blood-letting and
butchery from 2000-2003 in the far north cannot be
denied.
The bitter truth of Boko Haram and the relentless
slaughter of hundreds of thousands of innocent
Nigerians by Islamic fundamentalists in northern Nigeria
from 2009 up until today cannot be denied. The truth of
the murder of dozens of young youth corpers and
hundreds of other people in the far north in 2011 cannot
be denied. The truth of the brutal slaughter of innocent
Nigerians by Fulani herdsmen over the last 20 years and
up until today cannot be denied. O Nigerians, who has
bewitched thee? Why do we hate truth and those that
speak it with such passion? Like the ostrich, we have
buried our heads in the sand and we act as if these
things never happened. We refuse to acknowledge the
evil within us and we refuse to honor the dead by
atoning for our sins and calling for retribution and
justice.
These horrendous events cannot be denied and neither
shall they ever be forgotten. The blood of the innocents
that were slaughtered by these relentless Huns speaks
through the ages and from generation to generation.
That blood cries out to God in heaven and it calls for
vengeance. It is time for justice to be done. It is time for
those that consistently kill and shed blood in their
ignoble quest to rule us forever to be brought to book. It
is time for the Tutsis of Nigeria to be brought to heel. It
is time for those that starved millions of little children to
death in the name of crushing Biafra to be exposed.
It is time that those who seek to play down these events
and who seek to cover up their complicity in genocide
be called out and shamed. It is time that some of our
elders and so-called leaders are sent to the International
Criminal Court for genocide and murder and for crimes
against humanity. It is time to rediscover our humanity.
It is time for the ancient leaders and guardians of the
Nigerian state to admit that they have built our so-
called unity on nothing but murder, carnage and the
blood, guts and bones of millions of slaughtered
innocents.
 It is time for them to apologies to the Nigerian people
for their insufferable conspiracy of silence and their
insatiable greed. It is time for them to tell the truth
about our blood-soaked and frightful history, to confess
their sins, to kneel down before the Ancient of Days and
to beg Him for forgiveness. It is time for them to start
fearing the Lord of Hosts, to stop hating the messenger
and to start dealing with the message.