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“VDM Is Not the Problem—Your Blindness Is. Jos Should Teach Nigerians a Lesson”: by Stone Cold Security


Let’s stop pretending and say the hard truth.

What happened after VeryDarkMan visited Jos is exposing something deeper than insecurity—it is exposing how easily Nigerians can be emotionally controlled.

One person speaks…
Thousands lose their sense of reasoning.

Immediately, the narrative becomes:
👉 “Nigeria is finished”
👉 “There is no security”
👉 “Everybody should be afraid”

No analysis. No verification. Just pure emotional reaction.

But here is the irony nobody wants to talk about:

The same person people are using as “evidence” of insecurity:

Entered Jos

Moved around

Spoke freely

And returned safely


So what exactly are you proving?

This is the problem—we don’t think, we follow noise.

Yes, there are issues in Nigeria. Serious ones.
Yes, security can and should improve.

But exaggerating everything into “total collapse” is not awareness—it is irresponsibility.

Because when you keep pushing: “Government cannot protect you”

What you are indirectly telling people is: “Protect yourself by any means”

And that is how communities start turning against each other.

That is how rumours become attacks.
That is how fear becomes violence.

Now ask yourself—who suffers it?

Not influencers.
Not politicians.

It is the ordinary Nigerian on the street.

This is not about defending government.
It is about stopping the spread of dangerous narratives disguised as activism.

Some of you don’t want truth—you want content that feeds your anger.

You don’t verify, you amplify.
You don’t think, you react.

And that is exactly how societies destroy themselves from within.

If Nigerians don’t learn to separate:

Facts from emotions

Reality from online drama


Then situations like Jos will keep repeating, with or without any influencer.

At some point, we need to grow up as a people.

Think before you believe.
Think before you share.
Think before you react.

Or don’t—and watch the consequences.

Go and tell that to all the kidnapped victims,
Tell that to those also gathered there in Jos giving the direct account of events themselves,
Tell that to those in Yelwata,
Tell that to the corps member that was recently released,
Tell that to the unfortunate GUO and ABC drivers that have once been kidnapped,
Tell that to the Chibok girls,
Tell that to the over 120 children kidnapped and released recently from Niger state...
Tell that to those whose family and friends have been a victim of insecurity in Nigeria.

Kidnappers don't mount the road everyday and every time.
After one operation, they go to do the bidding.
That it hasn't happened to you or vdm doesn't mean it's not happening at an alarming rate.

I want to go to Jos to enjoy their weather,
I want to use Abuja train to visit Kaduna and Kano, I hear they are the commercial nerve centers of the north,
I want to visit the beautiful land of Bauchi,
I want to go to Yola, to personally see what AUN looks like,
I want to visit Badagry, and see if I can stroll into Cote d'voire for like a week.

Bro...I cant move freely in this country without doing security calculations.

There is no justification for the level of insecurity in the country. None whatsoever.

It's only in Nigeria that people understand pain only when they're directly affected. As long as it isn't them that are the victims or related to the victims, they will conjure up any excuse to defend the criminality that exist as a government in Nigeria.
How can 30persons be killed in broad daylight by persons traceable and no one is arrested? People are expected to just move on as though it isn't much that happened? THAT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! If there's a government, it is expected of them to FIND THE KILLERS AND EXECUTE JUSTICE. This is how human societies operate. Do they think that those who lost their family members in an unprovoked attack will forget all of a sudden? This is why governments all over the world make efforts to arrest killers and give family members of the victims a sense of assurance that the killers of their relations will be held accountable. That alone brings a lot of closure and sense of security.
Who was the military commander that gave the withdrawal order in Niger state just before the abduction of over 300 students? The failure of the government to expose the commander and bring him to justice shows that the government isn't interested in the security of the people.
Security is said to exist only when they're proactive to forestall an impending attack on citizens or atleast, to have a timely response as to intercept an ongoing attack or reduce the casualty numbers while neutralizing the attackers. This is what security is all about.
That people moved from point A to point B and point C without being attacked doesn't prove the existence of security. It is insensitive and deceptive to describe it as the sign of security. VDM narrowly escaped attack in Jos and he could have been in a dangerous position were those killers to have visited while he was there. People were killed in Jos yesterday even with the curfew and a detachment of soldiers scattered here and there in Jos. A man was killed in front of university of Jos while people recorded as he was attacked and clubbed to death. It is very certain that even with video evidence and the attackers well captured in the video, not a single arrest or prosecution will be effected yet someone will claim the existence of security in such a society.
As long as the culture of impunity is allowed, k1llers and t*rror1sts will continue to destroy lives and dreams while turning communities upside down because they know none of them will be held accountable.
May anyone that defends the evil happening in Nigeria have a direct taste of it after which we will like to hear from him. Nigeria has no single security for you especially when the prodigal sons of Nigeria have you under their radar for elimination. You can take this statement anywhere and it will remain valid.

USA1975:
“VDM Is Not the Problem—Your Blindness Is. Jos Should Teach Nigerians a Lesson”: by Stone Cold Security



Entered Jos

Moved around

Spoke freely

And returned safely...


..Or don’t—and watch the consequences.

Your thinking is painfully myopic.

VDM moved around Jos with visible security presence (unlike the governor who hid in an armoured vehicle), yet you're using his safe return as "proof" that everything is fine and people are just emotional.

One influencer visiting a crisis zone doesn't erase the attacks, deaths, and fear ordinary residents face daily. Dismissing real insecurity concerns as "online drama" while ignoring the ground reality is exactly the blindness you're accusing others of.

Jos (and many places) has serious security failures — pretending otherwise to lecture people about "thinking" doesn't make the problem vanish.
Grow up.

USA1975:
“VDM Is Not the Problem—Your Blindness Is. Jos Should Teach Nigerians a Lesson”: by Stone Cold Security


Let’s stop pretending and say the hard truth.

What happened after VeryDarkMan visited Jos is exposing something deeper than insecurity—it is exposing how easily Nigerians can be emotionally controlled.

One person speaks…
Thousands lose their sense of reasoning.

Immediately, the narrative becomes:
👉 “Nigeria is finished”
👉 “There is no security”
👉 “Everybody should be afraid”

No analysis. No verification. Just pure emotional reaction.

But here is the irony nobody wants to talk about:

The same person people are using as “evidence” of insecurity:

Entered Jos

Moved around

Spoke freely

And returned safely


So what exactly are you proving?

This is the problem—we don’t think, we follow noise.

Yes, there are issues in Nigeria. Serious ones.
Yes, security can and should improve.

But exaggerating everything into “total collapse” is not awareness—it is irresponsibility.

Because when you keep pushing: “Government cannot protect you”

What you are indirectly telling people is: “Protect yourself by any means”

And that is how communities start turning against each other.

That is how rumours become attacks.
That is how fear becomes violence.

Now ask yourself—who suffers it?

Not influencers.
Not politicians.

It is the ordinary Nigerian on the street.

This is not about defending government.
It is about stopping the spread of dangerous narratives disguised as activism.

Some of you don’t want truth—you want content that feeds your anger.

You don’t verify, you amplify.
You don’t think, you react.

And that is exactly how societies destroy themselves from within.

If Nigerians don’t learn to separate:

Facts from emotions

Reality from online drama


Then situations like Jos will keep repeating, with or without any influencer.

At some point, we need to grow up as a people.

Think before you believe.
Think before you share.
Think before you react.

Or don’t—and watch the consequences.

Mr man, the global terrorism index ranked Nigeria the 4th most terrorised country on earth not up to a month ago. Is it until you get to no 1 that you will know that things are very bad?

If the nothern governors can establish hisbah police that can arrest innocent people cos they are not fasting during Ramadan,they can cut people’s hairs that they deem inappropriate,arrest and damage cartons of beer and raid brothels to arrest prostitutes but they can’t establish police that will guide the lives of their people despite all the killings then we should start calling out their leaders.sultan and their emirs as not so embittered as some of you that are sympathizing with them,but none of you sympathizers dare say evil about their sultan and emir…your love for them is so real

USA1975:
“VDM Is Not the Problem—Your Blindness Is. Jos Should Teach Nigerians a Lesson”: by Stone Cold Security


Let’s stop pretending and say the hard truth.

What happened after VeryDarkMan visited Jos is exposing something deeper than insecurity—it is exposing how easily Nigerians can be emotionally controlled.

One person speaks…
Thousands lose their sense of reasoning.

Immediately, the narrative becomes:
👉 “Nigeria is finished”
👉 “There is no security”
👉 “Everybody should be afraid”

No analysis. No verification. Just pure emotional reaction.

But here is the irony nobody wants to talk about:

The same person people are using as “evidence” of insecurity:

Entered Jos

Moved around

Spoke freely

And returned safely


So what exactly are you proving?

This is the problem—we don’t think, we follow noise.

Yes, there are issues in Nigeria. Serious ones.
Yes, security can and should improve.

But exaggerating everything into “total collapse” is not awareness—it is irresponsibility.

Because when you keep pushing: “Government cannot protect you”

What you are indirectly telling people is: “Protect yourself by any means”

And that is how communities start turning against each other.

That is how rumours become attacks.
That is how fear becomes violence.

Now ask yourself—who suffers it?

Not influencers.
Not politicians.

It is the ordinary Nigerian on the street.

This is not about defending government.
It is about stopping the spread of dangerous narratives disguised as activism.

Some of you don’t want truth—you want content that feeds your anger.

You don’t verify, you amplify.
You don’t think, you react.

And that is exactly how societies destroy themselves from within.

If Nigerians don’t learn to separate:

Facts from emotions

Reality from online drama


Then situations like Jos will keep repeating, with or without any influencer.

At some point, we need to grow up as a people.

Think before you believe.
Think before you share.
Think before you react.

Or don’t—and watch the consequences.

in summary

@USA1975 i think you're been sent (paid) by president Tinubu's govt. to do some damage control, but you don't need to worried. We, the well informed Nigerians are aware of it already.

So you suggest the insecurity should be downplayed and everyone should pretend nothing happened or what

Prof, Can you please explain

USA1975:
“VDM Is Not the Problem—Your Blindness Is. Jos Should Teach Nigerians a Lesson”: by Stone Cold Security


Let’s stop pretending and say the hard truth.

What happened after VeryDarkMan visited Jos is exposing something deeper than insecurity—it is exposing how easily Nigerians can be emotionally controlled.

One person speaks…
Thousands lose their sense of reasoning.

Immediately, the narrative becomes:
👉 “Nigeria is finished”
👉 “There is no security”
👉 “Everybody should be afraid”

No analysis. No verification. Just pure emotional reaction.

But here is the irony nobody wants to talk about:

The same person people are using as “evidence” of insecurity:

Entered Jos

Moved around

Spoke freely

And returned safely


So what exactly are you proving?

This is the problem—we don’t think, we follow noise.

Yes, there are issues in Nigeria. Serious ones.
Yes, security can and should improve.

But exaggerating everything into “total collapse” is not awareness—it is irresponsibility.

Because when you keep pushing: “Government cannot protect you”

What you are indirectly telling people is: “Protect yourself by any means”

And that is how communities start turning against each other.

That is how rumours become attacks.
That is how fear becomes violence.

Now ask yourself—who suffers it?

Not influencers.
Not politicians.

It is the ordinary Nigerian on the street.

This is not about defending government.
It is about stopping the spread of dangerous narratives disguised as activism.

Some of you don’t want truth—you want content that feeds your anger.

You don’t verify, you amplify.
You don’t think, you react.

And that is exactly how societies destroy themselves from within.

If Nigerians don’t learn to separate:

Facts from emotions

Reality from online drama


Then situations like Jos will keep repeating, with or without any influencer.

At some point, we need to grow up as a people.

Think before you believe.
Think before you share.
Think before you react.

Or don’t—and watch the consequences.