Chai! Na wetin again? Police for Kaduna don finally yan say dem confirm kidnapping wey happen for three churches inside Kurmin Wali village. This one no be joke as dem first deny am before dem come back talk say wetin dem talk no be denial o! Wetin we go call am? Misinterpretation?
As we dey talk so, na 177 worshippers dem don kidnap, but e get 11 people wey manage escape. Eyewitness wey witness the action talk say na around 10 am on Sunday as the armed men surround the village, e no fit run comot. Dem gather everybody, force dem enter bush. How e take be like movie this one?
Police spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin no gree give numbers when dem ask am, but him talk say dem don deploy security operatives carry out search-and-rescue operation. But we no see any reason why this kidnapping matter dey always dey happen for Kaduna. Wetin be this wahala?
Police Commissioner, Alhaji Muhammad Rabiu, don yan say all those wey dey talk say kidnap happen na “conflict entrepreneurs” wey just wan cause problem. E say make we bring names of the victims if we really want to talk, but abi na wahala we go dey waka like this?
The chairman of Kajuru Local Government Area, Dauda Madaki, even talk say e don check the church wey dem say dem kidnap people and he no see anything. Him even ask the village head, but Mai Dan Zaria talk say no attack happen. If dem no kidnap, where dem carry the 177 people come from?
Amnesty International don talk say this na serious denial from Nigerian authorities. Dem don call for serious action make dem fit stop dis kind abduction wey don turn norm for Naija. Na last month, over 300 students and teachers from one Catholic school for Niger state sef don face similar wahala.
Nigeria get serious security trouble on top kidnapping, Islamist wahala, and fight between herders and farmers. If dem no tackle this issue, e go fit turn Nigeria to movie setting. E go better make dem sort out these issues before everywhere scatter.
With all this wahala, President don even change defense minister last month, wey him say na for health reason. But plenty Nigerians dey suspect say na all these kidnappings dey cause the shake for government.
Our own foreign ministry respondent don talk say Nigeria go still dey work with US and other partners to ensure say all citizens, whether Christian or Muslim, dey protected. What Nigeria really need be action, not just talk. Na only then we fit talk say we dey make progress against dis insecurity. Make we dey watch as action dey unfold!
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