Nollywood actress Lala Akindoju has discussed Nigeria’s startlingly high murder and abduction rates.
She wrote a long post on her Instagram page about how people are now witnessing others being beheaded on live videos and how kidnapping has become commonplace.
“I refuse to normalise the state of ki11ings & kidnapping in Nigeria
Women were r&ped in numbers at a festival, people called it tradition. Nothing has happened to the perpetrators.
Kidnapping is now the order of the day.
Life is taken away from people in their numbers. Children & babies are now being taken. We are now watching innocent people get beheaded on live videos, and we are all acting like everything is okay!!!
If that man were your father, husband, or brother, would you still carry on? If you have spent a week without your children, will you still stay silent and say, “It is well”?
All over the country, there are new reports like this daily. We have become jaded, and so far, it doesn’t “touch us”; we are okay. Who is speaking for the people who can’t sleep and are in anguish? Fellow Nigerians like us.
The office of the Nigerian citizen is very weak- all I see are campaigns for another term and primary elections, when one of the core responsibilities of any government is to provide security for its citizens. Or rehabilitation of perpetrators. Sigh!!!
If ALL NIGERIANS hold our leaders accountable, perhaps they will be forced to try or pretend to care.
PFN, CAN, NURTW, agencies in charge of child protection- WHERE IS YOUR VOICE?
No, this is not normal. I refuse to normalise this”.
We are exhausted and fed up with the endless cycle of violence plaguing our nation. The time for mere words is over; what we desperately need now is a bold and decisive action to restore safety and peace. Nigeria cannot afford to wait any longer—our lives, our future, and our hope depend on a drastic step towards genuine change.
