Nigeria is bleeding again

What happened in Plateau is not just another headline.It is a wound fresh, deep, and painfully real.Not loudly enough to interrupt celebrations,not violently enough to shake the people in power awake,but steadily like a wound we have all learned to live with.Yesterday, Jos became another headline.But it is not just a headline.Because somewhere in that chaos,a mother sat in silence,holding her son.Not as a child resting in her arms,but as a life taken too soon.His body, marked by violence,tells a story words can barely carry.Her face is not just sorrowful;it is empty in a wayonly sudden loss can create the kind of pain that leaves you staring,searching,asking questions that have no answers.And I cannot stop thinking about that.We say “lives were lost”like language can soften it.But he had a name.He had dreams.He had a future that was supposed to unfold slowly,beautifully,with laughter and growth.Instead,his story was cut shortin the most brutal way.And what makes it heavieris that this is not new.The people of Jos,of Plateau State,have carried this burden for too long.A cycle of violencethat keeps returning,stealing peace from homes,turning nights into nightmares,leaving families shattered.Each time it happens,we mourn.Each time,we speak.And somehow,it happens again.And that is the real tragedy.Because beyond the blood,beyond the headlines,beyond the statistics,there are human beings.Mothers who will never be the same again.Families sitting in silencewhere laughter once lived.Communities buryingnot just bodies,but pieces of their future.Look at her.The way she holds him close,as if love alone could bring him back.That is the part that breaks everything.Because in that moment,she is not thinking about politics,religion,or conflict.She is just a motherwho wants her child to wake up.But he won’t.And so we must ask ourselveshow many more?How many more childrenmust be turned into memoriesbefore this stops being “normal”?How many more mothersmust carry this kind of painbefore real change happens?How long will communities live in fear,never knowing when the next attack will come?This is not just a Jos problem.It is a Nigerian problem.A human problem.Because when violence becomes routine,humanity is at risk of fading.We cannot keep looking away.We cannot keep scrolling past.Because one day,it could be closer than we think.And somewhere else,there is cake,there is laughter,there are cameras flashingagainst a reality that refuses to be seen.Today, Jos is bleeding.And in her arms,you can see exactlywhat that means.Nigeria is bleeding.And I am tiredof pretendingthat we do not see it.

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