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Ayo Olukotun
Jul 8, 2021, 9:27:57 AM7/8/21
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Oluwatoyin Adepoju
Jul 9, 2021, 5:07:56 PM7/9/21
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Olukotun and the art of saying much in a restrained way.
''... the strong-arm tactics employed recently to deal with agitators for national self-determination. ... what we may call the centre which allows for a meeting of minds and negotiations is fast disappearing as intolerance and extreme methods seize the centre stage.
In an earlier write-up, I made a point that for the presidency to remain an arbiter in national affairs, it must be seen as a disinterested umpire and nonpartisan broker that can be trusted by all the sides of ethnic and religious divides. It is doubtful if that advice was taken as narrow views and prejudices about serious matters continue to be published, regrettably on issues that require even-handedness....
...the security architecture, apart from its top-heavy nature, may have been mismanaged in such a way as to raise doubts concerning the motives of those appointed to man it. In a context of growing distrust, recent activities in the direction of maintaining law and order may be read in some quarters as partisan attempts to disempower certain groups in order to clear the way for their possible dispossession.''
On Thu, 8 Jul 2021 at 14:27, 'Ayo Olukotun' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafric...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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