The Horn-Locking Exercise: State Governors versus Herdsmen

The dangerous insecurity experienced nationwide got to a head in Ondo State with a vacation order from the government to all illegal occupiers of the State's forest reserve areas.

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Ondo State has been in the news for months now for the high rate of kidnapping, armed robbery, murder and callous attacks on citizens travelling on the highways, in broad daylight, by criminals hiding in the bushes and forest reserves and suspected to be herdsmen.
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The story is the same all over the country - brazen criminals, masquerading as herdsmen attacking, maiming and killing innocent people, even razing down whole communities with impunity. Farmers have been some of the hardest hit, with loss of lives and property.
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Some of the scenario described by the farmers include; farms invaded/crops destroyed and farmers kidnapped/murdered/injured in unprovoked attacks by the criminals; crops harvested illegally to feed their cattle, farms razed in arson attacks, ambush attacks, etc.
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Today, there are terrorists in the NE; bandits in the NW; kidnappers-for-ransom on the highways; & criminal herdsmen (+ others) attacking the rest of the country. In most cases, the criminals are alleged to be herdsmen of Fulani extraction, carrying AK-47 rifles.
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Farmers have tried to resist the attacks; reported to the security agencies; and even engaged the leaders of the residents of northern extraction but with no respite - the attacks simply continued. The justice system has also failed to get justice for the victims.
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The Ondo State govt (other states too) seems to have been sufficiently, provoked, after unabated attacks, to go after the criminals... and right before our eyes, issues of ethnicity and politics seem more important than governance - protection of lives/property.
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But few seem to seriously connect these incessant attacks on farmers & the destruction of farms/farm produce over these past 5-10 years with the scarcity/high cost of food items starring us in the face & the potential of increasing poverty/hunger in the populace.

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Now that the state governments have placed bans on cattle herding and illegal grazing in order to contain the spreading criminality, can we, for the umpteenth time;
1. Ask the security agencies to be alive to their responsibilities of maintaining law and order?
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If the herdsmen alleged to be the criminals are foreigners, as is being suggested by the nation's top security officers, does that grant them immunity from arrest and prosecution for offences committed? If no, why are they walking free and causing more havoc?

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2. Isn't it time for the herdsmen to be given the encouragement and support to embrace ranching rather than roaming their grazing cattle through communities and farms and providing cover for irredeemable criminal elements on rampage, giving them a bad name?

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3. What about the National Livestock Transformation Plan? Is it still being implemented? Will it contain the insecurity across the country as a result of herding of cattle and attendant clashes with farmers/communities? Has this been communicated to the herdsmen?
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4. Can politicians and ethnic jingoists allow for a quick resolution of this traumatic situation without descending into stereotyping and religious hostilities which will lead nowhere except to chaos and worse insecurity? Can we simply separate the criminals?

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5. Can we dare to ask for an improved criminal justice system? These criminals are testing our security and justice system, committing crimes and getting away with it, or at the worst, a slap on the wrist. Our citizens are fast losing faith in their own country.
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Our farmers deserve a better treatment from government - Federal, State and LGA. They shouldn't have to lose their lives/livelihoods to criminals because government has refused to protect them. That is unacceptable. We can't develop the industry this way! End.

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I've seen many news articles cite that "the UK variant could be the dominant strain by March". This is emphasized by @CDCDirector.

While this will likely to be the case, this should not be an automatic cause for concern. Cases could still remain contained.

Here's how: 🧵

One of @CDCgov's own models has tracked the true decline in cases quite accurately thus far.

Their projection shows that the B.1.1.7 variant will become the dominant variant in March. But interestingly... there's no fourth wave. Cases simply level out:

https://t.co/tDce0MwO61


Just because a variant becomes the dominant strain does not automatically mean we will see a repeat of Fall 2020.

Let's look at UK and South Africa, where cases have been falling for the past month, in unison with the US (albeit with tougher restrictions):


Furthermore, the claim that the "variant is doubling every 10 days" is false. It's the *proportion of the variant* that is doubling every 10 days.

If overall prevalence drops during the studied time period, the true doubling time of the variant is actually much longer 10 days.

Simple example:

Day 0: 10 variant / 100 cases -> 10% variant
Day 10: 15 variant / 75 cases -> 20% variant
Day 20: 20 variant / 50 cases -> 40% variant

1) Proportion of variant doubles every 10 days
2) Doubling time of variant is actually 20 days
3) Total cases still drop by 50%

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महर्षि कश्यप की तेरह पत्नियां थीं।लेकिन विनता व कद्रु नामक अपनी दो पत्नियों से उन्हे विशेष लगाव था।एक दिन महर्षि आनन्दभाव में बैठे थे कि तभी वे दोनों उनके समीप आकर उनके पैर दबाने लगी।


प्रसन्न होकर महर्षि कश्यप बोले,"मुझे तुम दोनों से विशेष लगाव है, इसलिए यदि तुम्हारी कोई विशेष इच्छा हो तो मुझे बताओ। मैं उसे अवश्य पूरा करूंगा ।"

कद्रू बोली,"स्वामी! मेरी इच्छा है कि मैं हज़ार पुत्रों की मां बनूंगी।"
विनता बोली,"स्वामी! मुझे केवल एक पुत्र की मां बनना है जो इतना बलवान हो की कद्रू के हज़ार पुत्रों पर भारी पड़े।"
महर्षि बोले,"शीघ्र ही मैं यज्ञ करूंगा और यज्ञ के उपरांत तुम दोनो की इच्छाएं अवश्य पूर्ण होंगी"।


महर्षि ने यज्ञ किया,विनता व कद्रू को आशीर्वाद देकर तपस्या करने चले गए। कुछ काल पश्चात कद्रू ने हज़ार अंडों से काले सर्पों को जन्म दिया व विनता ने एक अंडे से तेजस्वी बालक को जन्म दिया जिसका नाम गरूड़ रखा।जैसे जैसे समय बीता गरुड़ बलवान होता गया और कद्रू के पुत्रों पर भारी पड़ने लगा


परिणामस्वरूप दिन प्रतिदिन कद्रू व विनता के सम्बंधों में कटुता बढ़ती गयी।एकदिन जब दोनो भ्रमण कर रहीं थी तब कद्रू ने दूर खड़े सफेद घोड़े को देख कर कहा,"बता सकती हो विनता!दूर खड़ा वो घोड़ा किस रंग का है?"
विनता बोली,"सफेद रंग का"।
तो कद्रू बोली,"शर्त लगाती हो? इसकी पूँछ तो काली है"।