18/09/2026
GRAPHIC PHOTOS
NIGERIA HAS CROSSED THE HUMANITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY LINE*
Imagine that 37 young men, reportedly arrested as illegal miners in Niger State, were locked inside an overcrowded and poorly ventilated cell by NSCDC officers.
According to reports, the unbearable heat and lack of ventilation became so severe that they reportedly banged on the cell door, pleading for help but were allegedly ignored until they all died.
And yet, there is barely any outrage. No national reckoning. No sustained public anger. Everyone is going about their normal business as though nothing happened. Our consciences are now dead,
Even wild animals in the jungle and barracudas have hearts , but where is ours? So unfortunate.
When did the loss of human lives become so ordinary to us?
We have become so hardened and numb to suffering that even the death of these 37 young Nigerians can pass without the collective outrage such a tragedy deserves.
If those entrusted with protecting lives can allow people to die in such circumstances, then we must ask ourselves what kind of society we are becoming.
A nation must never become so accustomed to tragedy that the dead are forgotten before they are even properly mourned.
What a nation.
What a pitiable shame.
Truly we're finished.
The Pen Pusher
Isaac Obasi,
