By Adekunle Adekoya
Just few days into the new year 2026, peace was, for the umpteenth time, shattered nationwide and in Kaduna State in particular when on Sunday 18 January, more than 170 worshippers were kidnapped in three churches in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
First, we have become so unfortunate with insecurity that we are now used to it, just as we are now used to bad roads, lack of potable water with virtually every building sinking its own borehole. We are also now used to hospitals without doctors and drugs, while generating one’s own electricity is now the norm, rather than the exception. Almost everything people in other countries take for granted we have to suffer for here and mostly, never get.
