People die, every day, in every country, in the most fortified cities on earth, from natural causes, unforeseen tragedies, and security failures that no system has yet perfected. That is the human condition, not a uniquely Nigerian curse. To conflate the reality of mortality with the condemnation of an entire nation of over two hundred million souls is not analysis. It is hysteria dressed as agitation. We extend our deepest condolences to every family that has borne the unbearable, the grief of kidnapping, banditry, terrorism, communal violence, or a senseless accident that stole someone irreplaceable. Their pain is real. Their loss is honoured. But grief, however legitimate, is not a policy brief. Sorrow does not constitute a verdict on a nation’s existence. 🪴
