It's Madness: DPM
By Susan Merrell It is madness, burning in the wild man's brain, There is madness, hidden in the hate and pain, And the madness, is something that they can't control, When there's madness burning in a madman's soul. (Apologies to Gary Osborne) BREAKING POINT I heard tell that of the three, two stood upright as their sentences were read, the third broke down and wept. It would seem to observers that for Captain Bola Renagi and Second Lieutenant Linus Osaba their own actions had been carefully considered and thus they stood stoic, steeled to the consequences. Conversely, to that same observer, it would seem that, for Captain Namah, the reality of his actions were only just impacting. Perhaps his bravery had been more than a little tinged with impetuosity and he was now finding the unimagined consequences too hard to bear. And the consequences were harsh – six years hard labour. For all three, this must have been a bitter pill to swallow, but none more so than for an