Elder statesman and Senior
Advocate of Nigeria, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has declared that Nigeria is a failed
state under President Muhammadu Buhari.
Prof. Nwabueze also said Nigeria
may become extinct if he is re-elected in 2019.
The erudite scholar noted that
Nigeria, under the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC), government had
failed to perform the major role expected of a state which is to ensure the
security and welfare of the citizenry.
Nwabueze made the declaration in
a paper entitled ‘Nigeria under president Buhari is categorised as a failed
state by an internationally-recognised agency’.
“By all internationally relevant
and accepted indices and indicators, and judged by the reality on the ground,
Nigeria is justifiably categorised as a failed state, now ranked 15th among the
‘worst failed’ states in the world.
“If president Buhari is given a
second term in office, God forbid that he should ever get a second term,
Nigeria will cease to exist, except in the sense in which Zaire, under (late)
Mobutu (Sese Seko) existed. That is as an idea without an existential content,
a state existing only in name or the map as a mere geographical expression,” he
said.
Nwabueze, however, added that
there was hope for Nigeria, if there was a change in leadership.
“I believe, however, that the
country can be made to work again, as it was doing before, and to become a
great nation it is destined to be, and a leading star in the affairs of the
African continent and, indeed, the world. But, for that to happen, there has to
be a change of leadership.”
“It is gratifying that the Boko
Haram insurgents have been dislodged from the areas over which they took control,
but, it is equally sad that they still continue to kill, maim and brutalise
large numbers of people and to destroy properties, resulting in the
displacement of thousands from their homes.
“Following on the heels of the
Boko Haram atrocities is the Fulani herdsmen menace. It started in the form of
farmers’ herdsmen clashes but has now developed into a scary dimension,” known
to be as bloody and murderous and atrocious as Boko Haram insurgency.
“In Benue State, in particular,
it has been a long chain of killings, dating back to 2013. In that year alone,
Benue recorded eight attacks in villages resulting in deaths. There were 16
attacks in 2014, eight in 2015, the same number in 2016, and five in 2017.
“The number of deaths is put at
about 3,000 across the country. The method of attack, which is not any
different from the one applied by Boko Haram insurgents, includes cutting open
the stomach, beheading, slitting the throat, suicide bombing, surrounding
villages and opening fire on them while asleep, etc.
“The method of attack is so
barbaric, so much so as to be unimaginable in 21st century Nigeria. What is
shocking is the lethargic posture of the Federal Government, especially as the
perpetrators of the dastardly acts are identifiable”, he said.
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