Lagos Rats Mass Murder which way Nigeria?
By Festus Fifen. Life they say is funny. since yesterday, the internet have been awashed with stories on the war against the rats in Lagos State sequel to the outbreak of lassa fever in the country. As funny as this was to me, there is one thing that baffled me concerning the story which is the number of rats killed and the place(s) these rats were killed. Why some media organisations reported 4,400, others reported 7,243 rats . In as much as I don't want to talk about who is correct as far as the number is concerned in this little expression of my thoughts; a few questions came up immediately;( don't blame me, my training has made it difficult for me to see or hear things only from the surface value.) Who killed and counted these rats? Was the first question that was staring at me; is this number an estimation or a confirmed number In a country were our population is and estimated values? Who carried out these mass 'Murder' on innocent rats that were enjoying th