If for merely proclaiming self-determination, youths from a certain part of the country were visited with military actions under various code-names and operational briefs, Boko Haram members who have caused humongous harm to the country being cajoled with different offers to lay down their arms, have every reason to assume some entitlement.

Something drastic needs to be done going forward. The rising spate of insecurity in different parts of the country is a present danger and constitutes a serious threat to the corporate existence of the nation. The security challenge is really hitting harder, if the President cares to know. A time comes when a man, group or organisation stands firm and declares; thus far, no farther. That is the stage at which Nigeria is in its battle with forces of darkness manifested in terrorism, banditry and other shades of untoward activities by criminal elements. The country is presently on trial, truth be told.

DURU is the Editor, TheNiche Online Newspapers, Lagos