Nigeria has become a full-blown theatre of absurdity, a stage so chaotic that even the legendary Moses Olaiya Baba Sala would regret dying an amateur despite his prodigious achievements, for his pioneering genius could never have imagined, scripted, or performed this best-selling drama of national madness that Nigeria has now become. What we are witnessing today defies logic, humanity, and governance.

Have we followed the unfolding tragedy involving Harrison Gwamnishu? Forget the claims and counterclaims for a moment, that is not my focus. A couple was kidnapped. The kidnappers released a video showing the husband and his pregnant wife. The husband begged Nigerians to raise money. He declared they had only ₦7 million. He announced publicly that his wife was pregnant.

And yet, the Nigerian Police, with a full video in circulation, could not trace them.
Let that sink in.

Either the police do not have the machinery or infrastructure to trace criminals in 2025, or they are working in concert with them. Pick your poison.

Into this vacuum stepped a private citizen, Harrison. The family claimed they gave him ₦20 million. He went into the bush. Allegations emerged that he removed part of the ransom. He countered that it was part of his operation, replacing some money with duplicates to embed a tracker.

But here is where the absurdity peaks:

The same Nigerian Police that could not rescue two kidnapped Nigerians are now “investigating” whether part of the ransom was removed. A pregnant woman was kidnapped. Her husband is still in captivity. The police did nothing.

Now they have suddenly found the energy, capacity, and moral outrage to investigate a civilian for doing the very job they could not do, yet they remain unable to secure the release of the husband who is still in captivity, a failure for which we must now hold them accountable more than ever before.

Who bewitched us?

Why are we analyzing ransom videos instead of asking the real question:
Why was the Nigerian Police unable to conduct this rescue themselves?

Why is the Inspector General of Police still in office? Why are the officers in charge not sanctioned?

What infrastructure failure allowed kidnappers to operate with such confidence that they released a video knowing nothing would happen to them?

Whether Harrison is right or wrong is secondary. His involvement only exposes the nakedness of the Nigerian State, the ineptitude of our policing system, and the collapse of institutional responsibility.

Let us be clear: The Nigerian Police have no moral standing in this matter.

Not when they failed to rescue citizens. Not when they could not trace the kidnappers.

Not when private citizens must now enter forests to do what the State refuses or is unable to do.

What exactly are we doing as a nation? What are we even debating?

Why are we not outraged that the State has abdicated its primary duty, the protection of life?

Who did this to us?

I am struggling to process it, deeply, painfully. Because nothing makes sense anymore.

Do have an INSPIRED weekend with the family.