Several irate ladies from Oke-Ere, in Kogi State’s Yagba West Local Government Area, have demonstrated against what they described as the “endless reign of terror” in their community.
With melancholy chants in an indigenous language, the women—many of whom were elderly—marched through the town.
They appeared half-naked in a video seen by The Intercept on Wednesday, carrying twigs and leaves while they sang and sobbed over the frequent attacks, kidnappings, and murders that were taking place all around them.
They begged the government and security forces to step in quickly and stop the violence.
This protest comes not long after armed men kidnapped three people and injured four others along the Ayere-Kabba Expressway in March.
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The injured victims were taken to St. John’s Hospital in Kabba for treatment.
