Dangerous rhetoric on kidnapping; state politics, and Peter Obi’s cross over NDC acrimonious primaries

Dangerous rhetoric on kidnapping; state politics, and Peter Obi’s cross over NDC acrimonious primaries

Kidnapping in Nigeria has moved beyond crime headlines and into the center of political arguments. Opposing political groups are now trading bitter accusations over what has become a full-blown criminal trade, with each side using the issue to score points against the other.

The rhetoric is getting sharp, and the real danger is that the louder the political noise gets, the quieter the conversation about actual solutions becomes.

Originally published by BusinessDay.

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