NIGERIA is at war. Boko Haram and ISWAP Islamic terrorists, killer herdsmen, kidnappers and bandits and terrorists wearing the toga of separatism have laid waste to many communities across the country, creating a huge humanitarian and internally displaced persons crisis.
For too long, the criminals have had a field day and overwhelmed the existing security system. The ineptitude and compromises of previous governments compounded the situation.
The Nigeria Security Tracker of the Council on Foreign Relations revealed that 63,111 Nigerians were slaughtered in various armed attacks from 2015 to 2023. Combined with the victims from 2010 to 2015, the figure comes to 98,083. Yet, the primary responsibility of the government is protecting lives and property.
Kidnappers have also built a multibillion-naira industry in the country. The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project in 2021 rated Nigeria miles ahead of Mexico and Colombia in kidnapping and mass abduction. A Lagos-based risk-analysis firm, SBM Intelligence, in a recent report, said a total of N653.7 million was paid as ransom in Nigeria between July 2021 and June 2022. Some say this understates the reality as many kidnaps, especially in the remote areas, go unreported.
Mass abduction now thrives, following on the kidnapping of over 276 pupils in Chibok, Borno State, which attracted global outrage in 2014. Bandits in February 2018 kidnapped 110 schoolgirls from Dapchi, Yobe State; while others were ransomed, Leah Sharibu remains in captivity for refusing to convert to Islam.In December 2020, terrorists invaded a secondary school in Kankara, Katsina State, and abducted 344 schoolboys.
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