Chioma Oruh

In July 2008, President Umaru Yar’Adua set forth Operation Restore Hope in Nigeria and, consequently, unleashed the military might of the Joint Task Force (JTF). Since last summer, the JTF has reportedly shut down over 300 illegal refineries and promises to be yet more effective in 2009.

The pains of a failed Biafra still live and are spilling like the oil that drilled its demise. Sentiments of bitterness invade the discourse of ex-revolutionaries that now visit The Hague every few months to report to their employers about the state of the state deferred.