When Indifference Becomes Complicity

This protest poem exposes the danger of staying silent as others suffer under a tyrannical regime. The speaker watches neighbours—Akanni, Danladi and Chinwe—seized without warning while he asks, “What business of mine is it?” as long as his yam remains untouched. In the final stanza, the same brutal force appears at his own door, reminding us that what we dismiss as “not my business” can quickly become ours.

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