Though They Mutineed, Please Let Them Live!!!

1.What have we sacrificed for our military?
How has Nigeria mopped their bleeding wounds?
They daily fight our battles
How have we fought their battles?
Daily they die our very deaths
How have we died for them?

2.We agree that they mutineed
They rebelled when they should have been loyal to their very deaths;
To their very end but then shouldn't we ask
What suffocated their loyalty?

3.From dawn to dusk they see their colleagues perish in battles;
Where the most equipped wins.
They set out with limited rounds of bullets;
They set out leaving their families behind;
They set out knowing they may never return with their families back home thrown into eternal sorrows thereafter.

4.Ours is a military with beautiful hearts innocent Nigerians who have chosen to perish they get no gold nor boxes of rubies for their selfless acts for their bravery in the face of terror.
We see the guns they carry barrels that should have been buried we demand more honour for them we demand glory for our military

5.We don't want a military where soldiers have to buy boots with their money
A military where soldiers have to pay for uniforms,
A military where night-vision goggles are a luxury,
A military where families have no succour.

6.Rather,we want a military where our men would be treated as royals
Uniforms gayly dorned berets standing as crowns on their heads boots shining with pride all given out free.
We want a military graced with sparkling barrels that may keep shelling forever,
As they guard our walls we want a military where families will never be forgotten,
A military that will be our pride forever.

7.For the 12 already convicted to die indeed there are codes of conduct, they have flouted but death should not be our answer who obeys to the last order.
When his/her back is not covered?
Who sacrifices all when there's no assurance of a reward?

8.For the 12 already convicted to die we ask that their lives be spared,the root is our problem at the moment not the fruits
The military needs our love,
The military needs our prayers,
The military needs new guns,
The military needs new boots,
We can't afford to have a military that sleeps on empty stomachs,
We can't afford to have a military that embarks on missions with crooked tools,
Else we'll have more mutinees and more convictions and more deaths with our walls being continually compromised.
And what more can herald the downfall of a nation?

Source: The Paradigm