THE ABSU RAPE FIASCO

FOR FEW WEEKS NOW, THE CONSCIENCE OF THE NATION HAS BEEN BOMBARDED BY A HORRIBLE CASE OF ALLEGED BRUTAL RAPE OF A TEENAGE GIRL BY FOUR OR FIVE STUDENTS OF THE ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY...WORST STILL, THE ABIA STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY HAVE BOTH SHAMELESSLY DENIED THAT THIS UNFORTUNATE SHOW OF SHAME HAPPENED IN THEIR VICINITY EVEN AGAINST ALL CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT IT INDEED TOOK PLACE AS ESTABLISHED BY A NETWORK OF GOOD SOURCES INCLUDING SOME STUDENTS WHO HAVE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECTED RAPISTS AND THE VICTIM...THIS IS A NATIONAL SHAME THAT MUST BE TREATED PROFESSIONALLY AND ENSURE THAT THE ALLEGED OFFENDERS ARE MADE TO FACE THE RECORD EVEN AS THE VICTIM IS REHABILITATED AND COMPENSATED...SHE MUST BE GIVEN ALL MEDICAL ATTENTION TO ASCERTAIN IF SHE HAS BEEN INFECTED BY THESE MONSTERS...I AM ASHAMED THAT THIS GRAVE AND ABOMINABLE ACT TOOK PLACE IN MY GENERATION AND BY VERY YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE UNDERGOING UNIVERSITY TRAINING TO ASSUME THE MANTLE OF LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA...WITH THESE KINDS OF DEPRAVED YOUTHS, NIGERIA IS IN TROUBLE... WHY WILL THESE YOUTH CREATE BAD IMAGE FOR OUR PEOPLE AND THE SOUTH EAST? WHY WILL THE YOUTH NOT FORM A COALITION TO ADVOCATE FOR THE TOTAL INFRASTRUCTURAL LIBERATION OF THE IGBO SPEAKING SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA THAT HAVE BECOME INHABITABLE BECAUSE OF WIDESPREAD NEGLECT BY SUCCESSIVE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION TO FIX THE DILAPIDATED ROAD, ELECTRICITY AND HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURES? GOOD AND DECENT YOUTH IN THE SOUTH EAST MUST RISE UP TO THE OCCASION AND WIPE OUT THIS SHAMEFUL CONDUCT BY THESE FEW BAD EGGS....