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Uzoma Okere: A Case Among Many

This is a note that I published on facebook two years ago after an unfortunate incident in Victoria Island, Lagos where a young lady was physically assaulted in broad daylight by military men. A few days ago, after being piqued at the sight of a military man violating the recently passed state law prohibiting the use of motorbikes on the Third Mainland bridge in Lagos, I decided to publish this article to a wider audience. ...................................................................................................................................................... November 5th, 2008, I felt elated. For apparently no reason. I mentioned this to my boss and he said it was just hope. Hope that if an african can rule God's own country, then there's no limit for me. I replied that there was no way that directly transcends to me here, in Nigeria. Obama being the US president doesn't stop some cretin in a uniform under the guise of being a police "officer" h