Nigeria - One Kidnap Too Many, Theatre of Crimes

14 December 2012
analysis

It is now a sin to be educated and rich. It is worse of if you are poor. The affluents have gone into hiding. Too appalling is that the horde of stern-looking armed security men, who swarm around the highly placed has proved not to be proactive in the event of any eventuality, making life so cheap. This special report by JOHN BULUS examines the security situation in the country in the wake of recent cases of killings and kidnapping in the country.

To many Nigerians, the word "incredible" is still very appropriate to describe the death of former Attorney-general of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the late Bola Ige who was gruesomely murdered on December, 21, 2001 of his Ibadan home, Oyo State .

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