The Kalashnikov Challenge: Nigerian Insecurity, Poverty and Conflict, By Jibrin Ibrahim
We are entering a new phase in which drivers of conflict are multiplied. Rural banditry and mass kidnapping are sapping rural communities.
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Nigeria’s ruling class understand the trajectory we are on but they are too irresponsible to care. Of course, they care for themselves and are busy buying houses in Dubai, United Kingdom, Ghana… For the rest of us who are going nowhere, our future is in our hands, do we allow the criminal elements to destroy us through conflict or do we make efforts to rebuild a political community that would serve the interests of all Nigerians?