Nigeria, April 16 -- Rita, Bob Nesta Marley's widow, says who feels it knows it but in Nigeria, the reverse is the case! Here, who feels it does not know it and who does not feel it knows it! The lyrics of "Who feels it (Knows it)", recorded in 1980 but released in 1981 goes thus: "Every man thinks his burden is the heaviest/But, ooh, yea, come on, they know because they feel". She adds: "I feel it and I know it/If you feel it, you will know it"

That being the case, we expect Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, governor of Borno state, to know the security situation of his state more than a Minister or presidential aide in far-away Abuja. Apart from the fact that Zulum is the man on ground, he is also, according to the Constitution, the chie...