Nigeria, March 18 -- It must be the death of Rev. Fr Sylvester Okechukwu of the Catholic diocese of Kafanchan in Kaduna State that has again restarted conversations about insecurity in Nigeria's rural areas, where the poor are especially vulnerable.

With the administration of US president, Donald Trump stepping in and showing that it is not shy about rolling out a string of sanctions for the killings, the federal government has been forced to step in.

While the United States has been forced to step in and brand the killings as targeted at Christians, the Federal Government has been at pains to clarify that the killings are not targeted at Christians alone. However, there are compelling arguments that the crisis of insecurity in Nigeria'...