June 12, 2026
ONE long week of horror. That is how I think I can best describe the working week ending today. Just imagine! The week opened with news of terrorists killing three officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission in Kebbi State. Down in Delta State, soldiers and policemen clashed with youths in Emede community in Isoko South Local Government Area of the state, and by the time what went up came down, people had been killed with houses razed.
The following day, 50 elders of Zamfara State got kidnapped in an ironical twist. Irony, because the 50 elders of Magamin Diddi village in the Magami/Faru ward of Maradun Local Government, Zamfara State decided to embark on a mission to broker peace with a notorious gang leader who has been terrorising the area. Unfortunately, another terror kingpin, called Jammo, opted to abduct the missionaries of peace. Meanwhile, 416 captives of Ngoshe regained freedom after a rescue operation. 11 more of them also regained freedom.
But Wednesday’s event sent more shock waves across the nation. Terrorists attacked a school in Iluke Bunu in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of the state, and when the tally was taken, the vice principal of the school had been killed alongside two others. It could have been worse if the DPO in charge of the area had not been proactive. It was another sad day in Nigeria, which further depressed the government’s efforts in securing lives and property of the peoples under its care.
