A Kankara Town road sign is seen, after gunmen abducted students from the Government Science school, in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina state, Nigeria December 15, 2020. Boko Haram on Tuesday claimed the abduction of hundreds of students, marking its first attack in northwestern Nigeria since the jihadist uprising began more than ten years ago. Kola Sulaimon / AFP
Chinua Achebe once famously wrote that the trouble with Nigeria is simply put, Leadership. Profound as that conclusion was, it was esoteric. The naked truth is more disturbing, and, as T.S Elliot wrote long ago, ‘humanity cannot bear too much truth’. Achebe was too true.