Hundreds of children in Katsina State, North West Nigeria, last week, took to the streets, unguided, following several attacks on different villages in the state by bandits for three consecutive days without intervention from security agents.
The children’s actions have been generating reactions from well meaning Nigerians, who saw the development as a slight on the country’s entire security architecture. They blamed the government for allowing the situation to degenerate to the level where minors took protest as an option.
” “I think what the government should do to show capacity and preparedness to deal with the situation and restore confidence in the people is to go after the bandits that have caused the death of those parents, arrest them and punish them accordingly. “That is the only thing that will make the people believe whatever any government official is telling them. And that will also send a serious signal to other bandits that it is no longer business as usual.
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