Nigeria’s Growing Insecurity: A Crisis We Can’t Ignore

/ Victor Ojei

Nigeria is facing a serious wave of kidnappings, violence and instability. It’s no longer something happening “far away.” It’s touching schools, highways, farms, and even major cities. Families now live with a level of fear that should never feel normal.

Kidnapping has become a booming criminal business. Ransom demands keep rising, and more groups are joining in because they see profit. Communities that once felt safe are now on edge. Parents are scared to send their children to school. Farmers are abandoning their land. Businesses are losing money because people are afraid to travel.

The problem didn’t appear overnight. Weak security structures, poor policing in rural areas, unemployment, poverty, and the growth of armed groups all contribute. Many communities feel abandoned. They call for help and get little response. While the country debates politics, ordinary people face violence every day.

This crisis affects all of us. When farmers flee, food prices rise. When investors stay away, jobs disappear. When schools shut down, the future of our children is threatened. Insecurity is not an isolated problem. It spreads. And when it spreads, it weakens the entire nation.

What Nigeria needs is a clear, honest, aggressive plan that strengthens security, disrupts kidnapping networks, and protects schools and vulnerable communities. We need technology, trained personnel, reliable response systems, and accountability. Criminals thrive when no one stops them.

This is not the time for silence. Every Nigerian: north, south, rural or urban, is affected. And every voice matters. We must demand real protection, real action, real leadership. Nigeria cannot move forward if its people are not safe.

©️Victor E. Ojei, 2025.

10 thoughts on “Nigeria’s Growing Insecurity: A Crisis We Can’t Ignore”

    • This isn’t even about inequality right now, this is about insecurity. Though I must admit, it’s all connected, since this is politics at its best in play here.
      If history has taught us anything, it is; when it comes to politics, there’s only interest. Everything else is game, including human lives.
      May just be an ideal; however, I pray a day will come when the sin of greed would be a thing of the past among humans. The truth is, at the very core of all this greed is the very monster we need to eradicate from the heart of mankind; it creates the chain of events leading to poverty, insecurity, inequality, etc.
      God help us. Nigeria is indeed lacking in leadership. And you know something? Insecurity is like a wild fire, it spreads.

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