By Jerry Uwah
Nigeria’s security crisis has
taken a precarious nose-dive. Inveterate gangsters derisively tagged gunmen by
the Nigerian media have practically turned the country into one huge killing
field.
Last Tuesday the gunmen killed 21 innocent people in different
parts of the country. The previous day they killed 18 in one community in
Anambra state. The situation in Rivers state is so deplorable that the governor
had to declare a curfew.
The strange development in the escapades of the gunmen is that they are now bold enough to take on those paid and armed to protect the society. In the last two weeks, dozens of policemen have been mowed down by the gunmen who take on police stations as cheap targets.
