Meet The Nigerian Big Man

I find it disturbing that in our country no body cares about your plight unless you are a 'big man' or literally a big man. Granted, the twin bombings appeared as assassination attempts on the life of both Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari but let's not forget the bigger tragedy, which is the death of over 40 people.
These were the 'innocent ones', mosque goers, market traders, by-standers, realtives, friends....in short, everyday people. But no one is interested in those stories; no one seems to be interested in the story of the boy who may never get to school and achieve his dreams because he just lost the bread winner in his family, no one cares about the family now heart broken because they have lost an only child, and no one cares about the girl who will NEVER see his friend again. No one cares about these lives being changed forever nor the ones being totally lost rather all you hear is this person's condolence or the other person's sympathy or the nation's concern for the life of the Nigerian Big Man (in this case Big Men) and some one else wishes a quick recovery to the General's body guard, who by the way, were injured on duty but we dont even know their names. I am happy he is not dead too, but that should not be the major headline here. I am happy he escaped unhurt but what about those who died.
I am not on a hate-war against the rich in Nigeria contrary to what you may think but I am concerned about the faceless and the nameless who die everyday for them, the people who suffer dire poverty while they loot our money, the ones who put their lives every other day on the line in political arenas and poll stations just so they can get pennies to feed their families for that week or the 33.1 percent or so of Nigerians who live below the poverty line of 2 U.S Dollars a day (according to the latest World bank report): the everyday Nigerian who is still 'sufferng and smiling'.
The most despicable part of this whole tragic story is that on social media sites and blogs, people have started lambasting opposition political parties and some are throwing blames on the President. Lets not forget, fellow men and women of this Republic died in the unfortunate circumstance of being found at the wrong place at the wrong time and took the brunt for what was supposedly meant to be the death of another man. Rather its always about the political parties; conspiracy and counter-conspiracy.
Thank God for the lives spared.