Did This Professor Have A Premonition Of His Death?

Did a professor of Human Rights have any premonition of his death before it eventually happened?

That is one of the questions on the lips of sympathisers and close associates since the news of his untimely death in the hands of kidbappers.

The late professor Yinka Olomojobi was shot dead last week Friday by suspected kidnappers at Iperu Remo, Ogun state, but prior to that time, he had granted an interview that was like a foreboding of what was to come.

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A lecturer at the Babcock University, he had in the interview, expressed concerns like other well meaning Nigerians, about the state of insecurity in the country, suggesting amongst others, government’s firm handling of security problems in the country.

In fact, he had in January, launched a book titled:, “Armed Conflict, The convergence between International human rights law and international humanitarian law”. He was to tell Henry Ojelu and Juliet Umeh of Vanguard newspaper in an interview, that the government should adopt a harsh stance on the spate of killings in the country:

This he said is the way to stem it.

He also spoke on the vexed issue of Federal Government’s consideration of amnesty for insurgents and terrorists?

According to him, “it is very complex because there has been an infringement on International humanitarian law and infringement of human rights laws. Once you have infringed on human rights law and the right to life has been taken away,  I don’t think they should be allowed to go.

“There should be some punitive measure, otherwise, this may open the door for other insurgents to carry up arms at the end of the day knowing  that there is a gateway to some amnesty.

Suspects, the late don added should be tried for breach of international humanitarian laws and for violation of human rights, adding that same should apply to kidnapping and corruption

On his thoughts whether Nigeria is winning the war against terrorism and kidnapping, these are his words:

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“Once there is a strong division between the privileged and the less-privileged in any country, it’s a pacesetter for terrorism and kidnapping to exist. “Terrorism and kidnapping is thriving because there is a strong division between ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’. So irrespective of what the government is doing, until there is equal opportunity and level playing ground for everyone, the problem will remain.

“What happens is that once you give everyone equal economic opportunities,  terrorist and kidnapping ideologies will wither away”.

As instructive as those views, some have tended to wonder truly, whether there was a premonition of death in him before it happened.
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