Nigeria, May 18 -- In a democracy, the death of any citizen due to state failure is a dark blot. But when a card-carrying member of the ruling party is kidnapped, ransomed, and slaughtered like a goat at the altar of anarchy, the tragedy demands more than mourning - it demands national outrage. The murder of Mr. Nelson Adepoyigi, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ward 5 Chairman in Ose Local Government of Ondo State, is not only a tragedy; it is a metaphor for the crumbling edifice of security under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's APC-led government.

How bitterly ironic it is that under the very watch of the ruling party, an official of the same party is abducted and murdered - not despite the system, but because of it. This is no longer...