I was one of the sceptics who believed that the last Eid-Kabir celebration or the Sallah Festival would be marked by bloodshed from terrorist attacks instead of the blood of sacrificial lambs.
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I had thought that rather than the ritual killing of cows and rams for religious sacrifice, human beings might be victims of slaughter from Boko Haram as being witnessed and reported in the media.
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There were speculations and alleged announcement by terrorist leaders to attack on Sallah. Some Nigerians, especially those in crises-prone areas, were a bit apprehensive, some even ran away to more peaceful environments. Their apprehension was largely fuelled by bitter experiences of the past where several of them lost friends, relations and valuables to coordinated terrorist attacks.
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Surprisingly to the amazement of most of us, our security men have indeed proved cynics wrong that they can actually put trouble shooters in check. This, they have demonstrated by mounting security surveillance through aerial patrols, check points and stop and search measures which naturally could be disturbing, but result is now obvious. Gladly, the story became entirely different and heart warming as no single case of security breach was reported in any part of the country during the Eid El Kabir celebration. This is indeed a welcome development.
This can only say our security in this country has really improved and we hope it stays that way.