Music producer ID Cabasa has criticised the Federal Government over the worsening insecurity across the country, accusing authorities of failing to take decisive action against killings, banditry and terrorism.

In a video shared on Instagram recently, the 50-year-old lamented that many Nigerians had become accustomed to violence and bloodshed due to the persistent attacks occurring nationwide.

“It is so sad now that we have gotten used to evil. Nigerians have gotten used to the killing; we have adjusted to the darkness that has covered this country. The government of the day is not taking action and it is so sad that when we are even supposed to speak up, people pick political divides,” he said.

ID Cabasa, born Olumide Ogunade, also faulted Nigerians for what he described as the tendency to politicise and tribalise conversations surrounding insecurity rather than unite against the crisis.

“We make these things political, we make it religious, ethnic, tribal, and I am saying this, the devil is devouring us in Nigeria, evil is devouring us in Nigeria, and it is so sad. Whatever name they call it, banditry and terrorism are eating us in Nigeria,” he said.

The producer expressed concern over the growing fear among citizens, particularly parents who now worry about the safety of their children in schools.

“They are taking our loved ones, parents are no longer at ease sending their kids to school, an innocent teacher was beheaded, a woman was carrying her child and was praying that he should not die, a child who was already dead. The next minute, another challenge will come online, where people start to work on trends,” he added.

ID Cabasa further warned that Nigerians had become too distracted by entertainment and online trends while violence continued to spread across the country.

“Comic relief, and we keep readjusting like frogs in boiling water. If there is a darkness over Nigeria whether it is from the government or any forces that it is coming from, it needs to be broken. Nigerians, if you have a voice, speak up. This thing is getting close to home,” he said.

Comparing Nigeria’s handling of insecurity with responses in countries like the United States, the music producer criticised the rehabilitation of repentant terrorists and questioned the government’s approach to justice.

“The way I have been feeling the last few days regarding the killings, it is as if these terror guys are even the ones in government, because you cannot tell me that the government can be this helpless. People died, and nothing solid has actually come from the government,” he said.

“I see when some of these things happen in the United States, the emphatic way that the presidency will talk that ‘we will come after you, get you and we will gun you down’. But what do we do? We get to rehabilitate these same guys who have caused mayhem, caused families to cry.”

“That has caused pain. We will say that we are rehabilitating them, that we are bringing them back into the system. Nigerian government, do something about this.”