The majority of religious and social felonies are committed solely to nurture the sown seeds of an insatiable desire for money, materialism and mundane accomplishments which reinforces the Biblical notion that “the love of money is the root of all evil”.
On the ground of moral virtue, no religion in the worthiness of its sanctity nor a firm believer and practitioner of any religion can complement or plead devotion to whatever form of major and minor despicable moral misconduct.
There is basically nothing wrong with one striving to make a beautiful living through the means sanctioned by religions and society. However, the aftermath of the strong inclination to live a high life at all costs even though the ways that defy basic rules and breach fundamental human civilization is what we testify today.
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The conviction of the culprit teacher and his accomplices that abducted, mutilated and buried the stiff of his naive and innocent student in spite of having the 3 million naira ransom at his disposal sparked bitter feelings of every soft conscienced individual in the country. But For the sake of money and worldly gains, this filthy act is not the ever-existing cruelty that hurts the moral dignity of our religions and community.
Talking to an extreme length, the deficit of love, compassion, and trust in the quest for affluence and fame have seismically cleaved even familial alliances and bonds.
On the 8th of January 2022, the crime bulletin aired by Neptune Prime was that of a 25-year-old Niger boy who hired an assassin, paid the sum of 110K to help send his father on an excursion to the land of his ancestors so as to inherit possessions.
Similarly, on the 13th of January 2022, a 52 year Enugu father and 32-year-old Lagos elder brother allied with mum were being reportedly arrested on the charge of taking malicious delight in murdering 3 offsprings and a sibling respectively. All in the common interest of ritual money.
Our lack of contentment and the unwillingness to live within the ambits of our earnings give a proper insight into the pervading tragic circumstances of easy money-making. Everyone is in desperate need of shortcut success, power and fame–riches, expensive attire and mobile phones, own mansions with exotic vehicles. Thus, choose to pay the price of that even by ways that incur the Godly wrath on us.
May the merciful and forgiving Lord save our souls from indulging in mischievous acts. Ameen
Abba Muhammad Tawfiq is a 500 level Medical Rehabilitation Student at the University of Maiduguri.
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