The abduction, death of Rabe Abubakar: A country without sense of shame, outrage, by Usman Sarki

“And as his genius was destitute of judgement, he attempted every art, except the important ones of war and government.” — Edward Gibbon on Emperor Gallienus
Edward Gibbon judged him a most contemptible prince. The Roman Emperor Gallienus, son of the unfortunate Emperor Valerian, was said to have received with disturbing coldness the fate that befell his father when he was defeated and taken captive by the Persian King Shapur I. Gallienus merely shrugged off and lamented his father’s disgrace in passing, and then returned to a life of luxury, indolence and self-absorption, until he too was consumed by the violence and tumult of his own empire.
Violence and tumult are unpredictable f...