The newspapers recently reported that two acclaimed leaders of the Nigerian people, retired Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma and Professor Ben Nwabueze, expressed divergent views as to how the current situation in our country could be turned around. Nigeria, as we all know, seems to be tottering dangerously at the edge of a precipice, about to topple over! Crime has become so rampant and banal, that we have moved up to terrorism now – given the spate of kidnappings going on. The nation is being described more and more as a failed state, ranked fourteenth in the world.

Professor Nwabueze felt that only a bloody revolution would put an end to Nigeria’s woes. According to him, let the blood flow, and of course, both the guilty and the innocent will suffer, but “those who survive will pick up the pieces”. General Danjuma, did not like the idea of a bloody revolution. Rather, he called for effective leadership of the country, so that peace and security could be restored to the land and life could return to normal.

Now, what do we “ordinary” Nigerians think? Which, in our opinion, would bring the long-awaited solution to our problems – Danjuma’s prescription or Nwabueze’s? Are there other alternatives? Let’s keep a dialogue going here. We are an ingenious people, that’s for sure!