Nollywood actress Yvonne Jegede has joined the growing number of Nigerian public figures expressing deep concern over the nation’s worsening security situation, sharing an emotional plea for protection and government action.
In a recent Instagram video, Jegede revealed the personal toll the insecurity has taken on her, confessing that she has struggled to sleep while scrolling through distressing reports of violence across the country.
“I have not been able to sleep in the past hour and a half, I have been on social media looking through content about my country. Nigeria is under attack and our politicians, security agencies are folding their hands and just watching,” she said.
The actress detailed how fear has reshaped her daily life, forcing her to alter routines to stay safe. “If they finish killing us, killing Christians, who is going to be left for you people to govern? The silence is too loud. We are calling for help. Once it is 9 or 10 p.m, I do not drive anywhere. I am scared, I just lock myself inside my house because I do not know what can happen,” she added.
Jegede also addressed authorities directly, questioning their perceived inaction in the face of escalating attacks. Highlighting the recent church attack in Kwara state, she noted, “I mean, they invaded a church in Kwara and Kwara is not very far from Lagos. So we cannot just sit down and think it is not happening around, it’s closer than we think.”
She continued, “To the question I have been asking, if they finish killing us, who will be there to vote for you people? They are killing us. They are killing Christians. We need help. It is getting too much.”
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Jegede’s emotional outcry comes amid a surge of celebrity reactions following violent incidents, including the brutal attack on a Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) branch in Oke Isegun, Eruku community, Kwara state, and the abduction of 25 female students from a government college in Kebbi.
Rapper Falz urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to act decisively, while Funke Akindele expressed shock over the viral footage of the Kwara attack. Davido extended sympathies to the victims and their families, and comedian AY Makun described the events as “alarming.” Actress Bukola Arugba revealed that three of her relatives were among those affected by the church abduction.