NIGERIA is wallowing in blood, inundated constantly with killings and avoidable deaths. The bloodshed spilled over from late 2023 into the New Year, which is only a week old. No region is immune to the killings, fatal road accidents and deadly boat disasters, as citizens continue to grapple with benumbing reports of Boko Haram massacres, violent Fulani-herdsmen plunder, building collapse, pipeline explosions, arson, and armed robbery. This is the precursor of a collapsing state in which life has little value. The Bola Tinubu administration and the state governments must prioritise the safety of lives and property as a cardinal duty of government.
A local government area of Plateau State, Bokkos, has become a hotspot. Just days after the massacre of nearly 200 persons in three LGAsof Plateau during the 2023 Christmas festivities by suspected Fulani herdsmen attackers, fresh killings and arson rage there after gunmen murdered the chief imam of Ndun Village,…