The problem of insecurity is not peculiar to Nigeria alone as many nations of the world be they developing or advanced nation’s have at one point in their history dealt with the menace of insecurity.
However, what has been most disturbing in the Nigerian situation is the alleged support and collusion by many folks in the host communities with bandits, kidnappers and terrorists including the continued deterioration of the security situation over time. We are at such a low point security wise now that a new attitude of acceptance is gradually been created because of the degree of ineptitude and incompetence by successive governments in crafting and implementing the right policies and the failures of our society to take a principled stand against lawlessness and criminality without yielding to the “Oga Abeg” moniker, a popular refrain by Nigerians when they seek to avoid accountability for their actions. While many factors are responsible for nation’s current state of…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
