By Nosa Ekhator
A lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Comrade Obasanmi Jude PhD, has raised serious concerns over the worsening state of insecurity in Nigeria, warning that continued killings and attacks across communities could erode public trust in the Nigerian State and threaten national unity.
In a strongly worded commentary titled “On State of the Nation : Volume 1” the university lecturer accused the government of failing in its constitutional responsibility to protect citizens, stressing that repeated attacks on innocent Nigerians can no longer be dismissed as isolated incidents.
According to him, the recurring violence across parts of the country now bears “the markings of orchestration, planning, protection and sustained failure of responsibility.” “The Nigerian State can no longer credibly deny complicity, whether by action, negligence, silence, or calculated inaction, in these coordinated and systematic attacks against innocent people,” he stated.
Obasanmi argued that the inability of authorities to prevent killings, prosecute perpetrators and reassure citizens has created widespread fear and frustration among Nigerians, many of whom now feel abandoned by institutions established to safeguard lives and property.
Referencing the late American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., the lecturer noted that injustice and silence in the face of evil remain dangerous threats to society.
He quoted King as saying, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” while also recalling another famous warning credited to the activist that “the greatest tragedy was not the strident clamour of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.”
Obasanmi in the said commentary, copies of which were made available to journalists in Ekpoma, further cited British statesman Edmund Burke, who warned that “when bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one.”
The lecturer lamented that several communities across Nigeria continue to suffer attacks, displacement and destruction, while official responses remain “weak, selective, reactive, delayed or politically sanitised.”
He specifically expressed concern over the situation in Imoga Community in Akoko Edo Local Government Area, alleging that residents have continued to endure violent attacks from armed groups.
“Blood has replaced tears coming out from the eyes of the people,” he said, while criticising what he described as the government’s increasing focus on political activities ahead of the 2027 elections despite worsening insecurity.
The academic warned that if the current situation persists, Nigeria may face severe long-term consequences, including the collapse of public trust in government institutions, worsening ethnic and religious divisions, economic decline, rise in vigilantism, youth radicalisation, humanitarian crises and possible threats to national unity.
He maintained that history has shown that citizens often lose faith in the nation when governments fail to protect lives and property.
“We are not merely being attacked. We are being conquered psychologically, socially, economically and territorially, while those entrusted with power continue to deny, deflect or remain silent,” he stated.
Obasanmi concluded by urging Nigerians to remain united and vigilant in the face of the country’s growing security challenges, adding, “In God we trust.”
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