Next to corruption in Africa is the issue of insecurity.
It is beyond imagination that a Nation can be so much insecure to the extent that her Minister of Justice would be slaughtered overnight without a clue to get the perpetrators for the past five years.
No government on the shore of Africa continent can chest out with confidence that he had conquered the deep rooted wickedness of insecurity.
In a land where no one is another brother's keeper, where an incumbent Governor could got lost and later be found at the will and caprice of his captor.
I am not going to be precise, for some salient reasons but I'm on the fact that this is what is attainable anywhere you are in Africa.
In one of our neighbour country, a brother had traveled and stayed in the US for almost 15 years.
He was home sick, having achieved all he wants in United State.
He longed for the mother land.
In the church, announcement was made of the brother's home coming.
The family believes that everybody in the church were believers.
The very opposite is the matter.
Among my people are found the people that shield blood.
" Unknown to the father the man of underworld that heard about the information passed the same to their people and they went planned and prepared for the worst.
Our friend came with four full loaded traveling luggages.
Inside were latest electronics gargets, professional laser camera, five Toshiba highly configured laptops, wears of different sorts and various accessories.
He had actually prepared himself for the home coming so he would not lack anything on reaching home.
He had brought latest Sony Erickson telephone handsets to be shared among his family.
Apart from these he came loaded with hard currencies that sell like hot cake in the land.
His father and four of his siblings went to the Airport to welcome him on his arrival.
Meanwhile both his nuclear and the extended families with all well-wishers had come together in their family compound to celebrate his heroic home coming.
Music, dining and wining were going on in the compound.
Our brother arrived by the evening flight.
He was finally got stamped in by 10.
30pm.
Journey from Airport to the family house within the metropolitan city could not be more than 30 minutes.
Nevertheless, the underworld men had planted themselves in strategic places.
They lay ambushed in front of the family house while some of them actually followed the event from the Airport.
Just a throw stone within their main gate a car zoomed past them and ordered all the occupants of their car to come out with their hands up.
Our America guy was still asking "What's the matter? The matter is we are here to collect our own share of the future you brought from America.
" "One of them said with a deep sinister bully voice that registered serious business.
" "All prostrates with your faces down!" commanded another man among the armed robbers.
They off loaded all the goods he had brought, removed his clothes, wrist-watch, jewelries, his pair of shoe and socks.
Only his pant was spared.
With his father's car they disappeared into the outer darkness of the city since there was no light.
Later, his father and his brothers rose up to see him standing naked gazing at the direction the armed robbers took.
Finally his father stretched his right hand toward him and said, "son, welcome home," they all went in sad and embarrassed.
As the celebrant entered the compound naked every activity was brought to a stand still.
Scenarios of this nature are common in Africa, mostly in the Western side of the continent.