A viral video on Nigeria’s side of the X platform showed a kidnapper boldly threatening to start abducting soldiers and politicians, claiming the government is powerless. Instead of outrage, one comment took a disturbing turn: “The day una kidnap governor or highly placed politician, na that day the nation go give standing ovation.”
That’s not activism. It’s applause for criminality. When we cheer kidnap, even hypothetically, we desensitize ourselves to violence and glamourize terror because of political frustration. Governors, politicians, soldiers—are still humans, not trophies in a revenge fantasy. Wanting accountability from government doesn’t translate to celebrating armed criminals who destroy families, security, and society.
The real red flag isn’t the threat alone—it’s a mindset that treats national trauma as entertainment and validation.
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