‘You can’t be this helpless’ – ID Cabasa hits FG over rising insecurity

ID Cabasa, the music producer, has condemned the rising insecurity in Nigeria, accusing the federal government of failing to take decisive action against killings and terrorism across the country.

In a recent video shared on Instagram, Cabasa lamented that many Nigerians have become desensitised to violence and bloodshed due to the persistent wave of attacks nationwide.

The producer criticised Nigerians for their “often politicising, tribalising and religiously dividing conversations” around insecurity instead of speaking with one voice against the crisis.

He also questioned the federal government’s response to repeated attacks, saying citizens now feel unsafe sending their children to school while victims of violence continue to suffer without justice.

“It is so sad now that we have gotten used to evil. Nigerians have gotten used to the killing; we have adjusted to the darkness that has covered this country. The government of the day is not taking action and it is so sad that when we are even supposed to speak up, people pick political divides,” he said.

“We make these things political, we make it religious, ethnic, tribal, and I am saying this, the devil is devouring us in Nigeria, evil is devouring us in Nigeria, and it is so sad. Whatever name they call it, banditry and terrorism are eating us in Nigeria.

“They are taking our loved ones, parents are no longer at ease sending their kids to school, an innocent teacher was beheaded, a woman was carrying her child and was praying that he should not die, a child who was already dead. The next minute, another challenge will come online, where people start to work on trends.

“Comic relief, and we keep readjusting like frogs in boiling water. If there is a darkness over Nigeria whether it is from the government or any forces that it is coming from, it needs to be broken. Nigerians, if you have a voice, speak up. This thing is getting close to home.”

Comparing Nigeria’s handling of insecurity to countries like the United States, Cabasa also criticised the rehabilitation of repentant terrorists and urged the government to take stronger action against perpetrators of violence.

“The way I have been feeling the last few days regarding the killings, it is as if these terror guys are even the ones in government, because you cannot tell me that the government can be this helpless. People died, and nothing solid has actually come from the government,” he added.

“I see when some of these things happen in the United States, the emphatic way that the presidency will talk that ‘we will come after you, get you and we will gun you down’. But what do we do? We get to rehabilitate these same guys who have caused mayhem, caused families to cry.

“That has caused pain. We will say that we are rehabilitating them, that we are bringing them back into the system. Nigerian government, do something about this.”

Cabasa joins several celebrities who have voiced deep distress over the escalating wave of killings and abductions in Nigeria.

A few days ago, armed men attacked schools and surrounding communities in Oriire LGA of Oyo state, abducting pupils, students and teachers.

The attacks affected Baptist Nursery and Primary School in Yawota, Community Grammar School, and L.A Primary School in Esin Ele, all within the Ogbomoso axis.

Actress Ruth Kadiri had urged President Bola Tinubu to address Nigeria’s worsening insecurity, warning that citizens no longer feel safe even in their own homes.

Toyin Abraham, the filmmaker, also described the deteriorating security situation as deeply personal and painful. (The cable)