NIGERIA ON THE EDGE: “I SOLD MY LIFE FOR APC” — MAN’S 72-HOUR SUICIDE-MURDER THREAT EXPOSES BRUTAL REALITY OF POLITICAL EXPLOITATION
Nigeria is staring down a horrifying and avoidable catastrophe as a viral video of a desperate man, Daniel Solomon, rips open the underbelly of the country’s political system one built, critics say, on exploitation, abandonment, and dangerous indifference.
In what can only be described as a national emergency, Solomon issued a chilling 72-hour ultimatum to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), threatening to poison his six children and himself if the party does not immediately take custody of them.
“I want the APC government to come and carry my six children from me before 72 hours. If they don’t come, I will put something inside our food and all of us will die,” he declared in the now widely circulated video.
This is not just a cry for help — it is an indictment.
A brutal, unfiltered exposure of what happens when political loyalty is rewarded with silence, neglect, and abandonment.
Solomon claims he sold off his entire life — properties, assets, everything — to campaign for the APC. Today, he says he has been reduced to nothing.
“I have not been able to get myself since I sold all my properties to campaign for APC.”
Those words are not just tragic they are explosive.
This incident lays bare a dangerous cycle: vulnerable citizens mobilised during elections, used as tools of political conquest, then dumped without support once power is secured.
This is the human cost of Nigerian politics not in statistics, but in broken lives.
Not in speeches, but in desperation so deep it now threatens innocent children.
If this man’s claims hold any truth, then this is no longer just a personal crisis it is systemic failure.
As outrage builds across the country, one thing stands out: silence.
No swift response from the APC.
No visible emergency intervention.
No aggressive move from authorities to neutralise a clearly declared threat.
Six children are at risk and yet, the response has been painfully slow.
In any serious system, this would trigger immediate action.
In Nigeria, it lingers as another viral moment until it becomes a tragedy.
This is no longer about politics.
This is about responsibility.
This is about whether lives especially those of children matter beyond election cycles.
If this threat is not urgently addressed and anything happens, it will not just be a family tragedy.
It will be a national indictment.
A failure of leadership.
A collapse of duty.
A stain that cannot be erased.
Nigeria is watching a ticking clock and the consequences of inaction may be irreversible.
