Nigeria, May 10 -- The frightful spurts of violence across the country intone a brazen incantation of bestiality over mankind. It exposes the scourge of our inner ugliness and establishes citizenship as a barbaric ritual drama, where the performers periodically swap masks among government and the governed.

From Boko Haram-IPOB- ESN-armed banditry- kidnapping for ransom, to the herdsmen-farmers crisis, tribal militia terrorists, criminals and mass murderers actualize their fantasies of ill-bliss across the country.

Exemplifying the worrisome situation, the Jos, Plateau State gruesome murder of over 22 innocent commuters by Irigwe ethno-religious terrorists along Rukuba road, the murder of Gen. Idris Alkali and other unfortunate victims a...