Dear Editor: David Mark, while marking his 61st birthday celebrations said “I will serve humanity for the rest of my life”. But I read with sympathy the news item contained in the media recently where passionate letters were written to David Mark. The first one was by some affected Nigerians concerning the killing of our citizens in Equatorial Guinea. There were others who are still languishing in that country’s jail for no just cause. Also recently regarding the same Equatorial Guinea, some Nigerian businessmen have appealed also to Nigerian government to intervene to secure the release of their boats (and ships) being detained unwarrantedly by that foreign government.
The second letter to Mark was about the Somali pirates who had held in captivity, since August 2008, about ten Nigerians who were on their legitimate duty from Saudi Arabia where they had gone to acquire a new ship for their employers, ESL Integrated Services Limited. These victims have remained under bad treatment ranging from lack of medical attention to starvation, etc. The Nigerian government have failed to enter into any negotiation just like China, France, Spain Ukraine and US who had at one time or the other some of their nationals held hostage by the same Somali (pirates) captors. Yet the same government would continued to go into negotiations with captors of their officials and family members here in Nigeria.
The federal government of Nigeria has continued to keep quiet about what affected their citizens in Diasporas. This negates some portion of the oath of office Nigerian government officials. Do we still have Ministry of Foreign Affairs? If we do, then one expect to hear from them urgently on these matters. The Senate President may seem not to be concerned about these matters; nevertheless, Nigerians must not continue to suffer under the unperturbed attitudes of their leaders. The nation should not wait until there is a serious revolution.
I guess we still have a government existing in Nigeria?
Samuel Okon Bassey, Goldie Street, Calabar, Cross River State.
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