TERRORISTS IN THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE?

By Comrade Kunle Sodipo FICSSM, MNINM, ANIPR

_June 6, 2026_

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Nigeria is not short of brave soldiers. Nigeria is short of clean hands.

Every day, our troops die fighting terrorists in the bush. Yet in some government houses, the same insecurity is being fed, protected, or ignored. If the enemy is outside the gate and inside the gate, how do we win?

So let every Nigerian ask: Are we fighting insecurity, or are we funding it with both hands?

1. The Weeds Among the Wheat

Jesus told a parable: a farmer planted wheat, but an enemy came at night and sowed weeds among it. By day, both looked alike. Only at harvest could they be separated.

Nigeria today is that farm.
Wheat: Governors, commissioners, aides who truly want peace. They fund vigilantes, build intelligence, stand with grieving mothers.
Weeds: Those who turn security votes to slush funds. Those who arm thugs for elections, then act surprised when those guns don’t retire after voting day. Those who shield criminals because “he’s our son.” Those who sign deals with bandits and call it “peace talks” while villages burn.

How do we tell them apart? By their fruits. The wheat protects lives. The weeds protect interests.

2. Painful Questions We Can No Longer Avoid

Why do some states get billions monthly for “security” yet communities are sacked weekly?
Why do “unknown gunmen” know the exact day police withdraw from a highway?
Why do repentant terrorists get amnesty and contracts, while victims’ families get empty promises?
If a governor cannot tell his citizens who attacked them, but can tell his party who will get the next contract, is he a Chief Security Officer or a Chief Excuse Officer?

The most dangerous terrorist is not always the one with AK-47 in the forest. Sometimes it’s the one with a stamp in the Government House who blocks drones, delays funding, or warns criminals before raids. Until we separate those weeds, the wheat will keep burning.

3. The Blood Price of Confusion

Because we refuse to separate weeds from wheat:

1. Farmers became ghosts. The man who fed Nigeria now sleeps in IDP camps. Food inflation is insecurity with a receipt.

2. Schools became targets. Parents now pray “Lord, don’t let my child be the next Chibok.” Education dies when fear lives.

3. Trust collapsed. Citizens now believe the state is part of the problem. When people stop calling police and start calling “area boys,” the nation is in ICU.

4. Terrorists got bold. They saw that crime pays and punishment delays. So they moved from kidnapping to taxing LGAs.

All because we mixed wheat and weeds and called it “politics.”

4. Separation Time: 4 Steps to Save Nigeria

1. Name the behavior, not just the bullet. Audit every security vote. If money went out but attacks went up, someone must explain. Sunlight kills weeds.

2. Empower the wheat. Fund, train, and legalize community policing, hunters, and local intelligence. The man who knows every path in the forest is better than a drone flown from Abuja.

3. Zero tolerance for political thuggery. Anyone who arms youths for elections must be treated as an arms dealer. No more “boys will be boys.”

4. Consequences for failure. Any state with mass killings for 90 days straight must face automatic independent probe. Governors must know: insecurity on your watch = end of your career.

Final Word: Harvest is Coming

Nigerians, the night of planting is over. The day of harvest is here.

To those in Government Houses: Your oath was to protect lives, not to protect thieves. The mother in Benue, the student in Kaduna, the trader in Imo — they are not statistics. They are your people.

To citizens: Stop defending “our own weed” because he shares our tribe or party. A weed will choke your own wheat tomorrow.

*Nigeria must separate the weeds from the wheat. Now.*
Because a farm where weeds grow freely will have no harvest. And a nation where criminals hide in power will have no future.

Weeds burn. Wheat feeds. Choose which one you are.