Award-winning Nollywood actress Kehinde Bankole has issued a direct demand to the Federal Government, the Office of the National Security Advisor, and the country’s intelligence agencies to immediately deploy “full wrath and force” to end the escalating wave of kidnappings in the country.
In a social media post on Wednesday, the actress voiced the growing exhaustion of everyday Nigerians, declaring that the public is tired of “condolence speeches” and demands immediate, tactical results to save the lives of citizens.
“It is no longer about why it is happening; it is now simply about lives! Lives are being lost! This should not be our new normal, children running for their lives in 2026! Oh God,” she wrote.
In her post, Bankole tackled a political defence that rising insecurity and kidnappings are being sponsored by opposition elements or saboteurs seeking to de-market the current administration.
Rather than using “sabotage” as an excuse, Bankole argued that such theories should compel the state’s security apparatus to act with even greater aggression.
She wrote, “Even if the kidnappings are a smear campaign on the government, it should be all the more reason for the Office of the National Security Advisor, along with the Presidency, to tackle insecurity with full wrath and force.
“Find a way! No bigger political campaign. Tactically flush out their “saboteurs” if that exists. That should be the focus now. They must make the National Intelligence Agency, the DSS, the Ministry of Defence, and security agencies work! Because enough is enough! The people are tired of condolence speeches and need only bigger action, “ she said.
The actress stated that the political class must move beyond codolence speeches to provide solutions.
“Our cry is for something decisive to be done and to be done fast. They must put everyone to work! They must tactfully fish out who is causing this and find a way. All hands have to be forced to be on deck! The people need only results, no more condolence speeches,” she wrote.
Bankole’s outcry comes amid heightened nationwide anxiety following the recent mass abduction of at least 25 school children and seven teachers in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, which also resulted in the brutal murder of a mathematics teacher in captivity.
Her post also adds to an increasing number of calls from celebrities speaking out against insecurity and banditry.
PUNCH Online reports that actress Opeyemi Aiyeola recently made an appeal to politically connected celebrities and traditional rulers to lobby the presidency for urgent action against kidnappings and banditry.
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