Nigeria is drifting into anarchy – Northern leaders warn

Some northern leaders have warned that Nigeria was gradually drifting into anarchy

– The leaders said the issue is as a result of the failure of government to address the security challenges confronting the country

– They gave the warning at a two-day northern Nigeria security conference in Kaduna, organised by some development agencies

A meeting of Northern leaders on Tuesday, November 2, warned that Nigeria was gradually drifting into anarchy as a result of the failure of government to address the security challenges confronting the country.

The leaders include retired army generals, inspectors general of police, intelligence experts, academia and other technocrats.

They gave the warning at a two-day northern Nigeria security conference in Kaduna, organised by Arewa Research and Development Project in collaboration with Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation, Savanna Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development as well as the Joint Committee of Northern Youth Associations.

Speakers at the conference warned that politicising the security situation in the region would have dire consequences, Vanguard reports.

The meeting with the theme, “Organising and coordinating community response to the rising insecurity in the north,” deliberated on the security situation in the north-east, where Boko Haran had ravaged for 10 years and the north-west, where cattle rustling and banditry have held sway.

Dr. Usman Bugaje of Arewa Research and Development Project, one of the conveners of the meeting, expressed concern over the increasing spate of insecurity occasioned by kidnapping, armed robbery and banditry across the north and parts of the country.