It is obvious to keen observers of events in Nigeria that the country is standing at a cross-road, neither should we remain blind to the fact that forces of light and darkness are contending for supremacy. Storms and dark smokes began gathering about 1965, such that the intervention of the military in the nation’s politics in 1966, was not a surprise to keen observers of the trends building up in the country. While blaming colonial administration for laying the foundation would not be a realistic solution, it would be pertinent to say that reluctance to address structural deficiencies is a factor in the Nigerian situation.
Some of the fundamental differences include educational imbalances and cultural diversities and orientations. Western and Islamic education went side by side in the colonial era, and, the fact that the civil service was dominated by personnel with Western education, was not a surprise. The fact that by 1960 there were imbalances, man-power wise, obviously gave rise to some fear of domination in some quarters. Reactions to the imbalances included the strategy of holding on to political power by the section of the country that did not have controlling power in the civil service.
No matter how we may deny the truth, the military coup of 1966 was seen as “a slap and an affront” in some quarters, and consequently, a battle line was drawn. It is necessary to add that some external forces and interests were instrumental in making the situations worse than they actually were locally. Some foreign interest groups provided details of oil and gas deposits in some parts of Nigeria, introducing “new approach”.
Thus, the genesis of Nigeria’s intractable challenges and apparent inability to address the fundamental issues, can be traced to external influences. Those who knew what happened between 1966 and 1970 would say that the Nigerian Civil War was not an exclusively Nigerian affair. Some foreign advisers, strategists and consultants were actually engaged in some quarters, to work out the “way forward”. Would it be a “hate speech” if one reveals that one of the ways forward prescribed by strategists was to “make the country ungovernable for any southern leader”? Obviously this would be denied!
Without digressing too far from the theme of this article, the above preambles are meant to point out one of the antics of forces of darkness, as being the use of duplicity. This strategy involves going to a negotiation table with multiple and hidden agenda, which may be described as “cloak and dagger” strategy. Luciferian antics include preying on points of strength and weakness, by dethroning the strong and using promises of strengthening the weak as snares and baits for destruction. The use of equivocation, intellectual sophistry, chicanery, blusters and terror are ready antics of dark forces that want to pull as many people down as possible.
In the case of Nigeria as a country, anyone who has read a unique book: From The Heart of Africa, would agree that this country is a vital flash-point in a new and emerging scheme of consciousness. Seeing possibility of such awakening from far before now, forces of darkness would obviously place Nigeria as a target of attack. The purpose is definitely to place obstacles and create fears, confusions, animosities, etc, to destroy a transformation.
The battle for supremacy goes beyond what average persons would know or figure out easily, whose basic accoutrement include the use of religion and politics as instruments of blusters and camouflage. The real intention is to divert attention away from key failures and misdirections, using various antics for that purpose. The use of religion as a cover in the pursuit of base ends has been an old strategy, especially because of the awe which religion evokes in the minds of many people. The worst atrocities on earth had been carried out under the invocation of the name of the Deity.
We cannot deny the fact that darkness does not want to see the light wherever there is the prospect of serious awakening and radical change of consciousness. Rather, through fanaticism and bigotry, fears and animosity are created so as to keep as many people in darkness as possible. For individuals who become stubborn and unable to bow to threats, various antics are used to break their will and continued resistance. A study of the history of the Inquisition would confirm that severe tortures were used to break the will of those who refused to bow to the agents of darkness.
Where severe tortures, dehumanisation and aggression fail to break the will of stubborn people, then “doping antics” become alternative means to break the will of strong challengers of dark forces. Doping antics consist in the use of narcotic drugs and other psychothropic substances to alter the consciousness of individuals. This is usually administered without the victim knowing when or how it is done. Thus a human can be turned into a zombie.
Acts of illegal abuse and alteration of the human will and consciousness are often committed here and there by agents and tools of darkness, and often with impunity. Apart from breaking the will and resistance of stubborn persons, doping antics are meant to narcotise the consciousness of individuals or destroy the feeling of shame. Victims of such therapy, whether forced or self-induced, become helpless and bestial in action and thinking. There is also another way of using blood transfusion to alter the behaviour and consciousness of victims of such illegalities. Blood poisoning is common!
The purpose of bringing many people under the control or influence of the doping antics is to have a large army of accomplices in the service of dark forces. It is unfortunate that leaders in various walks of life, religious, political, security, etc, often rely on the doping antics as means of having a large workforce to serve their purposes. From bandits and terrorists, to suicide bombers, many people who engage in such missions are rarely themselves, but acting under some influences. Rev. Jim Jones of Guyana used indoctrination rather than doping antics to enslave the minds of his followers.
The battle between light and darkness in Nigeria is an issue rare for many people to comprehend but it is an issue of concern. Unfortunately some of the accomplices in the warfare are leaders in spheres and walks of life that should serve the light rather than darkness. The lure for money and power drive some into the arms of dark forces. Every Nigerian needs to be cautious and vigilant.

By: Bright Amirize

Dr Amirize is a retired lecturer from the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt.