When a republic is held to ransom by an affliction that appears intractable to its government, the populace is left hopeless and helpless. About the viral insecurity now holding Nigeria hostage, the Tinubu government is in consternation and quandary. And the Nigerian public is in total darkness as to why no one seems to understand what is going on. Instead, government is more preoccupied with rehearsals for the 2027 general elections.Let us admit that the present insecurity is not new. Tinubu did not bring the bandits and kidnappers. He inherited them, albeit in a more moderate proportion. The insecurity has only spread into a rampaging nationwide calamity that is threatening the very existence of the nation. An administration that took an oath to “preserve and protect” Nigeria is literally gaping while the nation unravels.On a daily basis, groups of citizens are being abducted, kidnapped or senselessly murdered by a mix of bandits, jihadists and casual anonymous killers. From isolated incidents loke the Chobok Girls school invasion, we now have a state-after-state roll call of schools visited by bandit squads that cart away large groups of school children and their teachers. Some teachers have been suffocated or beheaded in full camera view and posted on social media. READ MORE>>.
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