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From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
Honourable Chinedu Nsofor, a former Anambra South senatorial aspirant who narrowly escaped abduction recently in Kogi State, has expressed deep concern over the alarming surge in insecurity across Nigeria.
In a strong worded statement, Nsofor highlighted the devastating impact of insecurity on the nation, citing statistics from Amnesty International and the National Bureau of Statistics.
He said “According to Amnesty International, over 10,217 lives have been lost since President Tinubu assumed office in May 2023, with states like Benue recording 6,896 deaths and Plateau 2,630 deaths.
“Entire villages have been wiped out and hundreds of thousands displaced. These numbers are beyond statistics; they represent broken homes and shattered communities.”
On kidnapping, he remarked: “Nearly 4,000 abductions were recorded in 2023, including the horrifying case of 287 schoolchildren taken in Kaduna, as documented by Financial Times and AP News. Massacres like that of Plateau State in April 2022 claimed at least 150 lives and saw around 70 people kidnapped. These are no longer isolated incidents they are a national pattern.”
He compared Nigeria’s plight to global crises, saying: “Even Ukraine, where over 13,800 civilians have died since 2022, has fewer civilian fatalities than Nigeria. That should tell us how dire our internal security situation has become.”
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Recounting his ordeal when he was abducted but escaped recently in Kogi State, Nsofor said “I was kidnapped while picking up my nomination form for the Senate bye election. When a senatorial aspirant like me can be abducted, what hope is there for the common man? If the elite aren’t safe, clearly no one in Nigeria is.”
He described such high-profile abductions as “a wake-up call for the nation’s leaders and citizens alike.”
However proposing solution to the insecurity challenge , he revisited his 2025 by-election campaign, stressing his legislative proposal: “I pledged to introduce a national biometric data capture bill linking fingerprints to identity nationwide. With such a system, any fingerprint found at a crime scene could lead investigators straight to a face, cutting down crime drastically.”
“I call on the leadership of the National Assembly to revisit my manifesto, study it carefully, and legislate accordingly. These measures could change the security landscape of Nigeria this is the right time to act.”
“The time for bold action is now. Biometric law, community policing, and real accountability are not options they are necessities. We must protect Nigeria’s future before it is too late.”
Nsofor further hinted on his plans to re-contest for Senate come 2027, so as to ensure his innovative policy initiatives are successfully integrated into national policy frameworks of the federal government through legislation at the floor of the Senate if he wins by God’s grace.
