Killing of minors: Time to tame the monsters

Children are one of the best gifts given to couples by Almighty God. They bring happiness to their parents. Every parent wants to see his/her children grow. It is sad that our kids are now soft-targets for ritualists and kidnappers. Our children are threatened, killed, maltreated and raped.  The recent killing and butchering of the […]

Children are one of the best gifts given to couples by Almighty God. They bring happiness to their parents. Every parent wants to see his/her children grow.

It is sad that our kids are now soft-targets for ritualists and kidnappers. Our children are threatened, killed, maltreated and raped. 

The recent killing and butchering of the five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar in Kano was indeed shocking. More shocking is the fact that her alleged killer was her teacher and was among the first set of people to come and sympathise with her parents after the abduction

This case was still fresh in our hearts when another group of kidnappers of a young girl, who was with them for over two months in Zaria, Kaduna State, called to inform her parents that they have killed her. 

The increase in assaults and killings of children is gradually getting out of hand and if nothing is done to the perpetrators and their sponsors, they would continue.

Parents should be mindful of people their children play or accept gifts from. From the foregoing, it is clear some people take advantage of their closeness to a child to perpetrate these acts.

There is a need for prompt judicial process in cases involving kidnapping so that those found guilty could be dealt with promptly. This will serve as a deterrent to others.

Usman Abdullahi Koli wrote via [email protected]