ON December 31 of every year, many people troop to religious and prayer houses where they thank God for the ending year and supplicate for better tidings – good health, long life, prosperity and other favours in the new year. Many people outline a litany of lofty goals they want to actualise in the coming year. They top it up with exchange of goodwill wishes and messages with friends and family. No matter how old, instant death is furtherest on the minds of most people. Even those who are ill expect to get well in the new year. Less than 30 days into 2017, the Nigerian polity is littered with untimely and aborted dreams. No fewer than 600 people, across the country, have had their lives violently terminated in their prime, according to Vanguard checks.
