Award-winning Nigerian actress Kehinde Bankole has called on the Federal Government, the Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA), and the nation’s intelligence agencies to promptly utilise “Full wrath and force” to halt the rising trend of kidnappings in the country.
In a social media post on Wednesday, the actress expressed the increasing fatigue of daily Nigerians, stating that the public is fed up with “Condolence speeches” and insisted on prompt, strategic actions to protect citizens’ lives.
Bankole addressed a political argument, suggesting that increasing insecurity and kidnappings are funded by opposition figures or saboteurs aiming to undermine the current administration.
“It is no longer about why it is happening; it is now simply about lives! Lives are being lost! This should not be our new normal: children running for their lives in 2026! Oh God,” she wrote.
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Instead of citing “sabotage” as a rationale, Bankole contended that these theories should drive the state’s security forces to respond with even more intensity.
She wrote, “Even if the kidnappings are a smear campaign on the government, it should be all the more reason for the Office of the National Security Advisor, along with the Presidency, to tackle insecurity with full wrath and force.
“Find a way! No bigger political campaign. Tactically, flush out their “saboteurs” if that exists. That should be the focus now.
“They must make the National Intelligence Agency, the DSS, the Ministry of Defence, and security agencies work! Because enough is enough! The people are tired of condolence speeches and need only bigger action, “ she said.
The actress stated that the political class must move beyond codified speeches to provide solutions.
“Our cry is for something decisive to be done and to be done fast. They must put everyone to work! They must tactfully fish out who is causing this and find a way. All hands have to be forced to be on deck! The people need only results, no more condolence speeches,” she wrote.
