Nigerians Living Like Prisoners in Their Own Homes

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Nigerians are resorting to extreme measures to secure their homes due to increasing insecurity. Homes are barricaded with iron sheets and high walls, making it impossible for outsiders to see what goes on inside. This is a response to the rise in kidnapping and other criminal activities.

Nigerians now live like prisoners in their own homes. In major cities and towns, including rural communities, people’s homes are barricaded with corrugated iron sheets as burglary proofs on windows and doors. Sometimes, the iron rods used in constructing some of the burglary proofs are even of a higher gauge than the ones used in the regular prisons across the country. But even with such iron protectors already fixed on the windows and doors, Nigerians still feel insecure in their homes.

So, they go on to complement the burglary proofs with very high walls and gates that make it impossible for air to even penetrate into the compound freely. It also becomes practically impossible for outsiders to see or know what goes on in such compounds. They do all of those to provide security over their lives and property. At a time when kidnapping for ransom, and sometimes for ritual purposes, has become the norm, the people are no longer treating the issue of their personal security with levit

Nigerians Homes Insecurity Burglary Proofs High Walls Gates Kidnapping Personal Security

 

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