[Onari]

Good analysis of terrorism...The problem today of the Niger Delta started more than 50 years ago when the Oil companies and the Government of Nigeria looked passed the Niger Delta people and conducted business as if the people do not exist. What we are seeing today is the cumulative negligence of common sense to do the rightful thing over all these several years.

The failure of the different Nigeria Government to address the issue of the Niger Delta over a long time of nearly 60 years has snowballed into the bigger threat of real Terrorism. Until we go back to where and how it all started, the quick fix some of us in NVS or the outer Nigerian society are suggesting will not and will never address the issue of the Niger Delta.

In case we are so relaxed that this is a Niger Delta problem and will not affect us as other Nigerians, then we are deceiving our selves. The Niger Delta issue is a reflection and true picture of the helpless Nigeria nation and it is a threat to our corporate existence.

It is imperative to mention here that half measures and quick fix can not help the country at all. Resolving the Niger Delta problem must come with commitment from all of us:the government( President, Governors, Law makers, LGA chairmen, All Security agencies), The militant groups, civil society, the Niger Delta people, oil companies, Religious and traditional rulers etc. We must retrace our steps to take stock of the past and plan the future.

The Niger Delta and the outer Nigerian problem no doubt is complex and mind boggling, but with Honest and committed leadership, it can be addressed quickly and urgently.

Appointing politicians to be peace committee members and negotiators for the Niger Delta problem is erroneous. The politicians are not different from the militants or political thugs; either they are members or they created them.

Honest and trusted men and women with integrity will have to be engaged to look at the problem and come up with a pragmatic solutions. Never has military solution resolved injustice and oppression. Iraq is a living a example.