The Militancy in Chimeka Garricks’ Tomorrow Died Yesterday

Abstract of The Militancy in Chimeka Garricks’ Tomorrow Died Yesterday

The study examines the portrayal of militancy and its effects in the Niger Delta area as reflected in Chimeka Garricks’ Tomorrow Died Yesterday. In the course of the analysis, the text identified the play of several acts of militancy displayed the Niger Delta militant boys. Most of these features are portrayed in the thematic preoccupations of the writer as the case of kidnapping, oil bunkering, exploitation, unemployment, corruption and injustice. For kidnapping, the writer identified it as a crucial issue discussed by the writer to illustrate the notion of militancy. Kidnapping is an act of violence employed the Niger Delta militants as means of revenging or revolting against different acts of exploitation attempted by the politicians in charge of the region.

The study revealed that; Chimeka Garricks reflects how militancy has imposed fear on the entire citizens and has also become a great threat to insecurity. He reflects how the Niger Delta militant boys seem to be much stronger than the government security agents as it is reflected in the way the Mobile Police officer threw his gun in the water and went on his kneels as a sign of deference and respect for the Niger Delta militant army (pg.5).; The conspiracy of the government in the Niger Delta militant boy is aimed at silencing the top leaders of the militant groups. This is captured in the way Amaibi was charged to court based on the charges they know he did not commit. This also justifies the theme of injustice as depicted in virtually all aspects of the textual themes.; However, the militancy issue in the Niger Delta area is also possible of making a positive development as it moves to put an end to gas flaring in the region.

The study concluded that militancy stimulates violence in the area where it is practiced and it has mostly negative effects on the both foreign occupants and indigenous occupants of the land. The study further recommended that; future researchers should explore the counter responses of governments to militancy in the Niger Delta area and the possible judgment that has been made against militant groups in the area.