SECURITY: A call to Action

 The few distinction between an armed robber and a bandit is described as a "thief with a weapon, especially one belonging to a group that attacks people travelling through the countryside", but the common denominator is that both are thieves and they carry arms.





Bandits also attack highbrow areas. The insecurity does not stop only on borderline communities. Last year, thieves attacked my neighborhood and robbed 7 houses unhindered. One year after that, November 2020, they came around again. This time, it was another 9 flats.


Why did I mentioned that? These callous people know that we are not secured. The most daunting challenge we have as Nigerians is that we are so divided in almost everything mundane you can think of. To come together and form an alternative security outfit to protect ourselves and our families is a huge task that needs orientation in all of us. Believe me, we couldn't achieve this task, a very simple issue that concerned residents until 2 weeks ago.


A friend of mine lives in Jabi, a highbrow community in Abuja. Armed robbers struck and operated for 3 hours without challenge. The aftermath was 1 dead, 3 injured and millions of naira in cash and property taken away. It took them 6 months to organize for alternative security.


Why does it take sorrow, pain and deaths before we take action?


Farmers too can emulate this example. Cluster of farms, could be 10, 20 farms or more, can organize and create an armed security outfit for protection whenever they plan for harvesting or planting their farmlands. We must not wait for anyone to die before we take action. 


Perhaps our love for President Muhammadu Buhari is not allowing us to believe that the Government has abdicated the onerous responsibility for protection of lives and property. Whether we believe so or not, facts on the ground indicates that we are on our own. 

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