There is the saying
that ‘injustice any where is injustice everywhere.’’ In this light, The Ejigbo
market saga makes this assertion ever more relevant in our collective
consciousness. As Nigerians and the rest of
world saw the horrific video of mans in inhumanity to man, many have
drawn their own conclusion to this event depending on which ever side of the
divide you may stand. To this end therefore, the main thrust of this of this
piece is to remind us that social media is truly a potent tool to fight injustice
wherever we find it.
When Aristotle declared
that ......man without law is but a beast unto man..... He was not only talking
about the nature of man as it were but also describing the way man ought to function
in a just and equitable society using the instrumentality of the Law as that parameter
to guide her behaviour.
In today’s modern
society, Nigeria in particular and Africa in general, the Law still functions as
described above. But a lot will agree that the same Law meant for every one
seem not to hold certain powerful oligarchy accountable when they do wrong. Therefore
bringing the question again, is the Law the last resort of the ordinary man who
feels injustice has been done to him?
This is where the Ejigbo
saga once again reminds us all that injustice can be done, but can also be
corrected because we are all watching and saying this thing is wrong through
the instrumentality of the social media. The social media is gradually becoming
a very potent platform for people to state their case and let the world be the judge.
The Ejigbo drama tells it all that the
police would have paid lip service to this case but for the persistent attitude
Nigerians who saw those victims de-humanize beyond imagination and they all
came out in mass calling for the perpetrators to be brought to justice using
the various available social media platform to air their views, hence the
police could not keep silent any more even the IG, the Lagos state house of
assembly all came out in strong condemnation of this event. This is not to say
that the various women NGOs did not do their job but that the social media was
even at the fore front in pushing their fight making it more relevant.
Africa has been a place
where so many atrocities are committed and kept in the dark all in the name of
cultures with both victims bearing the scares and perpetrators walking free. This
cannot be the case anymore; people must be courageous enough to tell the world
what is going wrong in their neighbourhood. All they require is just a click away
and the world will hear your story.
The social media will
be more powerful only if we use it to tell the truth and those who love to be
in the dark will remain in the dark because they cannot stand the power of
light for where there is light, justice can be found..........this is what the social
media brings with it.
Yek keme
@yekeme
G+.com/yekeme4u
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