This week is yet another terrible one marked by the circulation of a video showing the blood-soaked image of the kidnapped Emir of Sabon Birni in Sokoto State, Isa Bawa, begging for his rescue. The message from the bandit terrorists was clear, they will continue to kidnap, torture and kill as they please because the Nigerian State cannot or maybe, will not stop them. The most chilling part of the message is that no one is safe, they can pick any one they want. To prove their point, they killed him and insisted on a ransom as a precondition to release his son. We have all been living in terror for a long time given our knowledge that no one will rescue us when the bandit terrorists pick us up. It is little comfort that our president will always say he will deal with them but do nothing. Sigh.
Meanwhile, his people at Sabon Birni yesterday performed a funeral prayer, known as Salat al-Gha’ib, for the murdered emir. The prayer is usually performed in absentia for a…