On Monday, we received with dismay the news of the attack on Zaki Biam yam market in Benue state.

But this was not the first time the town of Zaki Biam was set upon. In 2001, under Obasanjo’s watch, soldiers invaded the town in a reprisal attack for the alleged cold blooded murder of 19 soldiers sent to restore peace in the town following an ethnic violence in the area.

Here’s what poet and international speaker, Juliet Kego has to say about these incidents:

Under OBJ – #ZakiBiamMassacre
Under PMB – #ZakiBiamMassacre
RIP!

A horrible deja vu of violence & impunity. Nothing learnt from history..

— Juliet 'Kego (@julietkego) March 22, 2017

"The number one way people give up their power is to think that they do not have any." -Alice Walker
How many will die before citizens rise?

— Juliet 'Kego (@julietkego) March 22, 2017

It's now "Turn by Turn Nig Ltd" – we're distributing sorrow/violence/impunity/deaths, like party jollof rice. Round 2 for Zaki Biam. How sad

— Juliet 'Kego (@julietkego) March 22, 2017

If this administration cannot start core reforms in police/security agencies, it can never offer solutions to these spirals of violence.

— Juliet 'Kego (@julietkego) March 22, 2017

We need to rise above the convenient, seemingly "valid" ethnic/religious jingoism and use SPECIFICITY to engage govt to address root causes

— Juliet 'Kego (@julietkego) March 22, 2017

Right.

Op-ed Editor