Resurgence of acts of insecurity in Benin: Sad reality

au Benin, the end of the year often rhymes with the upsurge in insecurity. Child Tracing Notice, d’adolescents, various facts, macabre discoveries, traffic accidents are the bad news that follow one another in the various information dissemination channels. Even if each end of the year, the populations wish to spend these moments peacefully, the year 2021 already experiencing unfortunate events. Caution is therefore called for.

Can we say that the approach of the end of year celebrations is now a dangerous period for Beninese? ? We are tempted to answer in the affirmative.. And for good reason, a child of 5 years coldly stabbed in Akassato, a young girl slit by her boyfriend around Cotonou, the body of a child and a man found dead in Tchaourou, and in Banikoara, speeding causes 9 dead in Boko a few kilometers from Parakou, burglaries and theft of motorbikes in Kandi.. are, among other things, the first signals of this end of the year 2021.

Faced with this dark picture, it is urgent that each actor in the security chain take their responsibilities. From the family to the neighborhood leaders and the security forces,  vigilance must be redoubled at each level. Thus, parents must already ensure the travel and attendance of their offspring to avoid any unpleasant surprises.. In the neighborhoods,  solidarity must be active against any suspicious movement or behavior. As for the defense and security forces,  the primary mission is to meet the challenge of maintaining order, anticipate the intentions of outlaws in close collaboration with the populations and ensure with the means on board a peaceful end of the year for them.

However, this would not be possible without a minimum of questioning each actor. First of all, the incivility on our roads constitutes the fundamental element of traffic accidents. The end of the year is the time chosen by people to indulge in speeding, overloading and other traffic violations. Result,  series of avoidable accidents and cascading deaths. To save lives at this level, law enforcement agencies have an obligation not to turn a blind eye to unacceptable driver behavior. The other thing is that at the end of the year the greed of the ritualists increases and they are ready to do anything to make money, hence the multiple cases of kidnapping of children and adolescents because being the most vulnerable. It is therefore urgent that parents redouble their vigilance and that the police be much more enterprising..

Bachirou ISSA