The National Coalition Against Mass Killings, Extra-Judicial Killings, Mob Actions, and Impunity (NCAMKI) has expressed concern over the worsening wave of kidnappings, mass killings, violent attacks, and organised criminal assaults across communities in Nigeria.
The group described the killings as evidence of the continued failure of the nation’s security architecture to protect lives and prevent recurring tragedies.
NCAMKI said it was particularly disturbed by the recent abduction of a school principal, teachers, and students in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, as well as the beheading of one of the abducted teachers, while several others remain in captivity under traumatic and uncertain conditions.
In a statement issued from its secretariat and signed by Tunde Agunbiade, the coalition described the incident as a cruel and barbaric act.
According to the group, the attack was not only directed at innocent citizens, but also against education, humanity, community peace, and the future of society.
It stated that no family should endure the pain of waiting helplessly while loved ones remain in captivity or are killed under such circumstances.
The coalition also expressed solidarity with victims of violent attacks, kidnappings, and insecurity across the country, noting that many Nigerians now live daily with grief, displacement, fear, poverty, and psychological trauma due to the persistent breakdown of security and governance systems.
“The continuous bloodshed in both rural and urban communities has bred widespread distrust and frustration among citizens who increasingly feel abandoned and unprotected. While the desperation within affected communities is understandable, it must not degenerate into ethnic profiling, jungle justice, indiscriminate reprisals, unlawful vigilantism, or uncontrolled arms proliferation.
“We strongly caution against narratives that criminalise entire ethnic groups, communities, or regions because of the actions of violent criminal networks and extremists. Such profiling deepens division, fuels retaliatory violence, and undermines national unity.
“Criminals must be isolated through lawful, intelligence-driven investigations and coordinated operations, not through mob attacks, collective punishment, or ethnic suspicion directed at innocent citizens.
“We recognise the legitimate need for communities to organise lawful, preventive safety structures within constitutional and human rights frameworks. However, community defence must never become a cover for revenge attacks, ethnic militias, torture, jungle justice, or illegal arms accumulation.”
“The recurring failure of the current security architecture demands a new, participatory, and preventive security approach centred on the people, accountability, and early intervention,” the statement added.
NCAMKI called for immediate rescue efforts and coordinated intelligence operations to secure the release of all persons still held captive in the Ogbomosho incident and other abductions across the country.
The coalition also urged the provision of emergency humanitarian, psychological, and financial support for affected families, survivors, and traumatised communities.
It further advocated the deployment of community-centred early warning and rapid response systems in vulnerable areas to identify and prevent attacks before they escalate.
The group called for nationwide training and public education on lawful community protection strategies, emergency reporting mechanisms, and preventive security coordination.
It also urged structured collaboration among communities, civil society organisations, local authorities, and security agencies to strengthen intelligence sharing and preventive interventions.
According to the coalition, inclusive community safety structures involving youths, women, traditional institutions, religious bodies, and professional groups are necessary to address insecurity effectively.
NCAMKI further called for urgent reforms within the security sector to tackle delayed responses, intelligence failures, operational negligence, and lack of accountability.
The coalition advocated stricter measures against illegal arms proliferation and criminal networks fueling violence across communities.
It also called for national campaigns against hate speech, ethnic profiling, mob violence, and incitement capable of triggering wider communal conflicts, as well as independent investigations and prosecution of perpetrators of kidnappings, extra-judicial killings, mob actions, and acts of terror, regardless of status or affiliation.
The group maintained that sustainable security cannot be achieved through force or reactionary violence alone.
It added that Nigeria must reject collective blame, ethnic hostility, and the uncontrolled militarisation of communities, stressing that the country urgently needs an organised, lawful, intelligence-driven, and people-centred security framework that isolates violent extremists while upholding constitutional order, democratic values, and social cohesion.
“We call on the Federal Government, state governments, security agencies, traditional rulers, religious leaders, civil society organisations, and all communities to unite in building a national response rooted in prevention, accountability, justice, and humanity.
“The pain of affected families demands more than statements. It demands action that restores safety, delivers justice, and rebuilds public confidence in the state’s duty to protect every Nigerian life,” the coalition added.
