I feel so sad and terrified whenever I hear news of wanton killings in some communities in this country. When you travel and see the heavy security check points all along the federal highways collecting money/bribe from motorists. One begin to wonder if this is their primary job function or what? A trip to Jos through the Abuja-Keffi axis that is supposed to take not less than 2hrs 30min took me and my friend about 3 and half hours. The reason being that, there are a lot of checkpoints on the road with fully armed personnel. From the regular Nigerian Police to SARS to VIO to men of the Federal Road Safety Corps to Vigilantes and finally the Military guys. The big question I kept asking myself is, what are all these guys littered along the road for while people are being killed in communities very close to these points, is it just for extortion purposes On that same road, you pass through some parts of southern Kaduna (godogodo to be precise) and yet we still hear news of the killings in these same communities. Sometimes we spend hours at these checkpoints. I just think some people, somewhere are somehow benefitting from the killings going on in this country. Its so painful seeing pictures of dead bodies all the time with no one being arrested while those who have been saddled with the responsibilities to secure lives and properties are busy terrorizing especially commercial road users on the highways. Its really painful.[color=#000099][/color]

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