Public affairs analyst Chima Christian recently posted on X, revealing a grim reality: between December 2023 and February 2024, 1,336 people lost their lives in Plateau state, Nigeria.
He emphasized that these aren’t just numbers; they represent individuals’ parents, children, siblings, aunties, cousins, and grandparents each with unique stories and aspirations.
Christian lamented the failure of Nigeria as a state and criticized the collective apathy of Nigerians for not demanding enough from their government.
He questioned the threshold of suffering needed before demanding action and urged for collective action to pressure the government to address the crisis.
He argued that the government’s failure to acknowledge these killings as acts of terrorism is irresponsible and may amount to aiding and abetting terrorism.
Christian called on the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, to invoke Section 48 of Nigeria’s Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act of 2022 to address the situation.
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These are not just numbers, they are people’s parents, children, siblings, aunties, cousins, grandparents. These are one thousand three hundred and thirty six unique individuals — all with different stories and different aspirations.
“Not only has Nigeria failed as a state, Nigerians, by not demanding enough, are collectively failing in this regard. How many thousand deaths should we get to before we collectively tell the government that it’s enough! What’s the threshold? Do we even have a limit?
Our best chance at fighting this criminality is by banding together and FORCING the government to put a stop to it. No region in Nigeria should consider itself exempt from these killings. Beyond the Middle-Belt, these killings now happen in the South-East, South-South, South-West, North-East and North-West.
By refusing to engage these heinous crimes as acts of terrorism, the Federal Government of Nigeria has not only become irresponsible, they may be technically aiding and abetting terrorism. But, it’s not too late for Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, the Attorney General of the Federation to invoke Section 48 of Nigeria’s Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act of 2022 to call this wild dog its proper name.
Weeping may endure for the night.
Africa’s morning is at hand
Chima Christian.
