Are the security lenses firmly on Kaduna in a manner that can pre-empt breakdown of law and order? This is a poser worth raising if the gists in the social media and folk fears are anything to go by?
In the last few hours, graphics hinting of this possibility could be seen in different Facebook walls. That is always how it always start. This time, let a beleaguered nation not be caught unaware.
The atmosphere of absolutist and self-righteous indignation enveloping the country after Saturday’s clumsy presidential poll can turn even the least provocative text into a trigger.
It does not mean that the temptation to violence is endemic in Nigerians. It only suggests that citizenship is still a problematic category and remains where more of the works on nation building should be concentrated.
