The recent resolution passed by the Nasarawa State House of Assembly directing Governor Abdullahi Sule to instruct security agencies to halt the alarming wave of insecurity in Lafia is a step in the right direction. Nasarawa Eye fully supports this resolution. However, beyond legislative pronouncements, the time has come for concrete answers and transparent action.

For far too long, the residents of Lafia have lived under the constant threat of kidnappings and violent crimes. While resolutions and directives make headlines, they do not, on their own, guarantee safety. What the people need now is not just promises but results.

Governor Sule must go beyond issuing instructions. He must demand accountability. It is not enough to “direct” security agencies; he must ask the hard questions and insist on clear, public answers:

Have security agencies made any arrests in connection with the spate of kidnappings in Lafia?

If so, have those arrested been properly arraigned in court?

If arraigned, how many have been convicted?

If convicted, which prisons are they serving their sentences in?

These are not mere bureaucratic details—they are the markers of a functioning justice system. If the answers to these questions are vague or nonexistent, then the entire security architecture in Nasarawa comes under serious suspicion.

The pattern of impunity and silence from security agencies cannot be allowed to continue. If arrests are not made, if suspects disappear without trial, and if convictions never follow, then it becomes increasingly difficult to separate the law enforcers from the lawbreakers. In such a climate, we are forced to ask—are the security agencies themselves complicit?

The people of Lafia deserve to live in peace. They deserve a government that not only talks tough but acts decisively. If the institutions charged with protecting lives are failing—or worse, turning a blind eye—then it is not just a security crisis, but a crisis of governance and justice.

Nasarawa Eye calls on Governor Sule to urgently demand transparency from all security agencies operating in the state. He owes it to the people to ensure that those entrusted with protecting them are not enabling their tormentors through inaction or collusion.

Until these hard questions are answered, and until we see a clear chain of justice—from arrest to conviction—we will continue to view the silence and inaction as complicity.

Enough is enough.