What Ycee said about the Olodo uprising and Peller Culture in Nigeria is spot on. My only issue is, as we worry about the rise of anti-academia or anti-intellectualism, we have to define the standards. Whose academic or intellectual standards, because from what I see, Nigerians have the wrong idea of intellectualism. In Nigeria, for the most part, intelligence is measured by lofty academic titles and fancy English.

Let’s take this further…urban warfare is U-G-L-Y…why do you think Israel just carpets bombs everyone instead of boots in the ground?If we do not rise up NOW, we are looking at urban warfare and/or being carpet bombed…if you’re think they are going to leave you alone on your little homestead, I got news for you…they are coming for us first.