What do you think of political violence?

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Political violence is never meant to be but unfortunately, it has grown to be the order of the day, especially in Africa.

I may be unable to speak categorically explicit of all African countries but taking Nigeria (my country) as a sample case, then, it is something I personally and we generally are not proud of.

Political violence leads directly or indirectly to the destruction of lives and properties. Group fighting, retaliations, planned attacks, mob beating, etc are all things that characterise this shameful act.

As if that is not enough, these acts transmit into election violence with ballot snatching, compelled voting, election rigging, etc.

The most saddening part is that the elite who are the chief perpetrators of this evil, employ the hungry man out there, taking advantage of the fact that he is sourcing for a means of livelihood, give him guns and arms with peanuts as compensation. Their own children are safe, healthy and sound in the comfort of luxury, faraway from the scenes of these shameful acts

The ones who even get huge amounts of money as fees for carrying out these things sometimes end up dead, hence, they cannot even benefit from the dividends of their "Labour".

Political Violence has no benefit whatsoever, rather it has succeeded in building more friction and foe amongst ourselves. The earlier we work towards bettering the situation, the safer for our future.