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Published 8 May 2021
This is arguably a particularly difficult time for Nigeria. The signs are ominous that things have not been okay with the country. It will not be out of place to note that the situation is gradually becoming akin to what the late novelist, Chinua Achebe captured in his book, “Things Fall Apart,” when he wrote that, “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold, ‘’echoing the opening stanza of William Butler Yeats’s poem “The Second Coming.”
Eavesdropper observes that right, left and centre, there appears to be anarchy with the leadership appearing irritatingly helpless. Insecurity has taken over the country and those who should arrest the situation are obviously not up to the task. From the southern to the northern part of the country, the nation is reeling in bloody attacks from kidnappers, bandits and other terror groups. Not long ago, suspected gunmen razed the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area Divisional Police Headq