Re-Caging the Leviathan: Of Elephant, Lion and Cockroach

Abstract

Violence and crime are ubiquitous; it exists in all countries of the world. The relationship between Nigeria and South Africa is like the Elephant and the Lion in the jungle sneering at the cockroach Nigeria is depicted as the giant of Africa and South Africa as a power house in Africa. Both countries had been in a simile good relationship after the victory over the apartheid regime in South Africa with the aid of other African countries especially Nigeria. Both countries had ever since sign several political, economic and social agreements. The relationship between the countries begins to dwindle when unemployment, crime and violence begin to rise in South Africa unabatedly. This symptom was allegedly traced to other nationals other than South African and especially Nigerians. The result includes the indiscriminate killing of Nigerians and others, looting and general destruction of their properties. Should this two major power houses in Africa sneer at cockroach instead of helping Africa to form a formidable political and economic ideology in global politics? Broken window and tyre burning theories are utilised in this study and conclusion is premised on caging crime and promoting unity instead of indiscriminate killings.