Tell me, what’s the essence of putting our lives on the line to go after kidnappers if, in the end, those same criminals will walk free? What’s the sense in chasing, arresting, and risking everything just to see them released days later under mysterious “orders from above”? It’s beyond frustrating — it’s madness!
These are not petty thieves or harmless offenders. These are armed kidnappers — men who snatch innocent citizens from their buses, their cars, their workplaces, and even their homes. They drag people into the forests, beat and starve them, and make families sell properties, drain savings, and borrow money just to pay ransom. They traumatize children, destroy families, and leave victims scarred for life. Yet, these same men are released without justice, treated as if they never committed a crime.
Now, what does that say about our country? It means every drop of blood spilled in the fight against these criminals has been wasted. It means every tear shed by mothers waiting for their children’s return, every sleepless night endured by families, every police officer or civilian who risked his life — all of it was for nothing. It means the lives of ordinary Nigerians no longer matter.
We live in a system that’s supposed to protect the innocent and punish the guilty. But what we have now is a system that pampers killers and kidnappers while turning its back on the victims. Imagine arresting someone who has tortured, extorted, and possibly killed — only to let them go free in the name of “settlement” or political pressure. What exactly are we teaching our young people? That crime pays? That obeying the law makes you a fool?
This is why so many Nigerians no longer believe in justice. This is why people hesitate to support the fight against insecurity — because what’s the point? When the same people you capture today will be smiling tomorrow, back in the same communities, terrorizing the same families?
Until there is true accountability — until criminals face real consequences and those who protect them are exposed — this cycle will never end. The victims will continue to suffer. The kidnappers will continue to thrive. And the rest of us will keep losing faith in a nation that refuses to defend its own people.
When justice becomes selective, when the law favors the wicked, and when truth is silenced for the sake of influence, then we are no longer fighting crime — we are feeding it. And that’s the painful reality of why they never support us in joining the fight.
— Harrison Gwamnishu
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