A soldier’s tragic final chat once sparked national grief, and now another terror video from Kabba, Kogi State, has reopened deep wounds. One user shared empathy, saying he wouldn’t wish the fear of kidnapping or death on anyone, because neither ends well. But a reply landed with a chilling rural-versus-urban divide: “Na because you dey town.”
The shock isn’t aggression—it’s implication. The statement suggests terrorism is only a “real” concern for communities outside the city, subtly waving off the pain of rural Nigerians and excluding urban citizens from shared national grief. Yet, voices in towns—cities like Lagos, Abuja, Jos, and others—also carry the emotional weight of insecurity through family, news, service connections, and constant threat psychology shaped by national institutions like the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Nigerian security agencies.
A nation isn’t split by zip codes. Condemning fear as a rural burden dismisses the needed unity in demanding safety for every Nigerian. Empathy shouldn’t depend on location—pain anywhere is a national alarm worth answering.
LINKS
