The sanctity of human life is a fact held across all tribes and nations, regardless of economic development status. Every known law is made to support life while the development of all technologies – medical, agricultural, industrial – are deployed to better human life. Life is precious, irreplaceable and not shareable.

Protection of citizen lives is sacrosanct in many nations. Not so, unfortunately, for Nigerians, especially Christians, living in southern Kaduna, Kaduna state, where a gross failure of the government puts their lives in daily danger.

A gruesome negligence by the government has meant killing, kidnapping, maiming, and all forms of dehumanization to Christians in Northern Nigeria, not forgetting the financial burden incurred due to irredeemable bounties placed on families of the abducted.

Month after month, the spate of mass abduction within the area raises curiosity over the silence of the government, even as men of the underworld continually operate unhinged in a country with large security architecture, huge defense spending and military hardware.

“Why are they pampered and no serious attempt is made to crush them out of the Nigerian space?” Many citizens ask. It is quite surprising to find such power and military might by Africa’s most populous nation overwhelmed by a terrorist group. Up in the Middle East, religiously motivated terror groups like Hamas are being taught an unforgettable bitter lesson by the IDF for the killing and abduction of over 1800 Israelis.

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Brief statistics: on the 7th of March, 2024, in Kuriga Community, Chikun LGA of Kaduna State, gunmen kidnapped 286 students and staff from a primary school and is DEMANDING ONE BILLION NAIRA RANSOM.

On the 11th of March, 2024, barely four days later, another 61 persons were abducted from Bud community in Kajuru LGA, Kaduna State.

15 persons were also recently abducted in Gidau Bukuso, Gada LGA of Sokoto state.

Recall that in 2021, terrorists raided a boarding school in Jengebe, Zamfara, kidnapping 310 students.

The list is endless. This is the mark of an ineffective government and it’s time for a drastic measure to be implemented to stop this ugly trend destroying Nigeria’s economic growth and integrity.