Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- Today, I delight to ask questions, which I expect those closer than me to the affected scenes of activity to answer. The rumblings in Ondo state, though multi-faceted, are in two broad categories - security of life and property and cloak-and-dagger struggle for power and fleeting relevance by politicians and power blocs.

On the security front, Ondo state is not smiling; especially the Owo axis where I come from. Reports from home are to the effect that the activities of Fulani herdsmen and bandits are on the increase again. Dastardly acts committed repeatedly send fear and trepidation down the spines of the people. Farmers are denied access to the farm and neither can women go to the brooks to fetch water. Many fear t...