A fork in the road: Which way, Nigeria?, By Kunle Ajibade

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Ranked high in the world index of the most fragile countries, Nigeria is buffeted by many problems: Constitutional crisis, agitations, etc.

Compatriots, we must do less of agonising and more of organising. This will require a lot of hard work and serious thinking. The walk on this road will not be easy. And as we go down this road, we must defy the gods of tribalism, nepotism, bigotry, opportunism, crass materialism, distractions, etc., etc. It will demand discipline and a profound sense of history.

We are the sum of the choices we make. So, what are the choices we need to interrogate and contemplate in order to negotiate our way to a better future? Carter Ham, the then Commander of the U.S. Africa Command in April 2011 said that the intelligence reports at his disposal showed that Boko Haram had strong links with Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab and well-paid mercenaries from Libya and Syria, Today, the Yusufiyya movement, whose variant of Islam is Salafism, has expanded its frontiers to Islamic State, ISIS, and Islamic State West Africa Province

This open and hidden war rages on, a consequence of many, many years of leadership failures. There have been hundreds of casualties on both sides. War profiteers – Generals, ministers, senators and House of Representatives members, contractors and advisers to the president – are making fortunes from this war. Would they allow it to end? Bandits who are copycats of Boko Haram are springing up every day across Northern Nigeria. They keep girls as sex slaves.

 

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