Arms bearing and the Nigerian reality, by Zainab Suleiman Okino Saturday, June 25, 2022, a colleague sent some disturbing pictures and material to me for publishing. The images were reminiscent of a war situation, of people in long queues with a few salvaged belongings, babies strapped to their mothers’ back, little ones managing to pace up with their parents, placard-carrying teenagers in staged, meek protest, overloaded Voxwagon golf cars and other pictures of a muffled town that has just been deserted. Welcome to Mada town in Zamfara, though not officially...