₦airaland Forum

badoh:
Why are you people always happy when you hear bad news? No matter who becomes the president, insecurity will always be a big challenge and don't think it will stop overnight. Even in advanced countries, there are pockets of insecurity so Nigeria is not an exception. Is it not this same Nigeria that people are making their own kidnap? Didn't a vice-chairman in one local govt in Ekiti self-kidnap. No one is taking brief for the govt but stop jubilating for every negative news about your country.

Firefire:
Where is your place? Tell me the town?

badoh:
Why are you people always happy when you hear bad news?

No matter who becomes the president, insecurity will always be a big challenge and don't think it will stop overnight. Even in advanced countries, there are pockets of insecurity so Nigeria is not an exception. Is it not this same Nigeria that people are faking their own kidnap? Didn't a vice-chairman in one local govt in Ekiti faked her own kidnap. No one is taking brief for the govt but stop jubilating for every negative news about your country.

bestman09:
I thought bandits are on break?

happney65:
Omo wa ni
Awalokan

Fulani o ba pa awon eyan wa tan,some of us will not say a word. It is Igbos that triggers them

madridguy:
No governance in Kwara state for a while now. The government there are just going around doing nothing.

iwaeda:
, interestingly, Igbesi is a treckable distance from my place. When we are shouting about insecurity in Kwara, those who don't know the way to Kwara are fighting me and calling me names.

madridguy:
No governance in Kwara state for a while now. The government there are just going around doing nothing.

Rubyjade:
The abduction of the Onigbesi of Igbesi and other residents is more than just another kidnapping incident. The deliberate targeting of traditional rulers should be taken seriously because it suggests that criminal groups are becoming more confident, organised and strategic in how they operate.

Why are bandits and kidnappers targeting traditional rulers?

First, traditional rulers are highly valuable bargaining targets. They are influential figures in their communities, and kidnappers may believe that their families, subjects or government will be under enormous pressure to secure their release. That can make a monarch more attractive than an ordinary victim.

Second, traditional rulers have extensive knowledge of their communities. They know the people, influential families, local leaders and, in many cases, the geography of the area. Criminal groups may therefore see their abduction as a way of creating fear and undermining the traditional authority that holds the community together.

Third, kidnapping a monarch sends a powerful psychological message. When criminals can enter a community, attack residents and abduct the person regarded as its traditional protector, ordinary residents may conclude that nobody is safe. That fear can encourage people to abandon farms, businesses and even their homes.

There is also a broader security concern here. The reported abduction of the Onigbesi comes amid other kidnapping incidents in parts of Kwara. If these attacks are connected or are being carried out by increasingly coordinated criminal networks, then the authorities need to look beyond individual ransom cases and investigate the wider structure supporting these operations.

Another worrying development is the reported use of a kidnapped victim's social-media account to communicate with the public. If confirmed, that indicates that these criminals are adapting their methods and exploiting technology alongside traditional kidnapping tactics.

The biggest danger is the gradual normalisation of these attacks. Once criminals discover that communities can be entered relatively easily, victims can be taken away and ransom negotiations can begin afterwards, the cycle becomes increasingly attractive to them.

The response therefore cannot be limited to waiting for another kidnapping before deploying security personnel. Intelligence gathering, community policing, protection of vulnerable rural communities, rapid-response capability and better coordination between security agencies are essential.

Most importantly, traditional rulers and community leaders should not be treated as ordinary security variables. They are strategic community assets. Protecting them can help preserve public confidence, while allowing criminals to repeatedly target them risks giving bandit groups psychological control over entire communities.

The authorities need to treat the Kwara South situation as a developing security pattern rather than isolated incidents. If intervention comes only after every abduction, the criminals will continue to dictate the tempo. The objective should be to disrupt their networks, identify their routes and informants, and prevent them from gaining the confidence that allows them to operate repeatedly.

Gotocourt:
That Governor needs to go, bro, he was offended when Kwarans were calling out Tinubu on social media.

iwaeda:
Terrorists Invade Kwara Community, Kidnap Monarch, Several Other Residents



https://saharareporters.com/2026/08/23/breaking-terrorists-invade-kwara-community-kidnap-monarch-several-other-residents

iwaeda:
Terrorists Invade Kwara Community, Kidnap Monarch, Several Other Residents



https://saharareporters.com/2026/08/23/breaking-terrorists-invade-kwara-community-kidnap-monarch-several-other-residents

Lastmankc:
And your are still there

iwaeda:
Terrorists Invade Kwara Community, Kidnap Monarch, Several Other Residents



https://saharareporters.com/2026/08/23/breaking-terrorists-invade-kwara-community-kidnap-monarch-several-other-residents

Konjiboii:
Yet they will tell you they will vote for their tribesman , Una go get sense by fire by force.

madridguy:
No governance in Kwara state for a while now. The government there are just going around doing nothing.

Ewedegubbler:
It’s time for baba Oba to enjoy the great tinubulation. Aka renewed shege