Once upon a time, Kwara State was described as one of the country’s most peaceful havens. The state has been thrown into the furnace of banditry, with attacks that are turning thriving communities into ghost towns. And as if that was not enough, six more lives were wasted in Edu in a shootout between vigilantes and bandits. If Kwara is allowed to slide further into chaos, it will not be long before neighbouring states are engulfed. To fold our arms while bandits feast on human lives is to allow darkness to swallow the land.