While it is only natural that incidents in the North-eastern part of the nation catches most of the headlines, ostensibly due to their frequency, unfortunately, the insecurity has spread to the South South with an alarming report coming out of Rivers State where farmers and residents of some communities in Etche Local Government Area of the state have lamented the complete takeover of the bushes and farmlands by herdsmen, who collect N6,000 tolls from them before allowing them to have access to their own lands.

This is a very frightening development, and one needs to appeal to all those involved in trying to secure our nation of the need for them to sink whatever differences they might have and unite to tackle the common enemy that is threatening the very corporate existence of the Nigeria.

This is very imperative if we are to avoid more incidents captured in the Marte video, which vividly shows the impact of the insurgency not only on innocent civilians but even those trained to protect them – the soldiers.