The gubernatorial candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party in Bornu state was murdered Friday. Six other citizens, including a 12-year-old boy, were murdered in the same attack.
The Northeast, like the Niger-Delta, is caught in a low-intensity insurgency. I have yet to hear any of the candidates say anything convincing or concrete about what they will do to improve security (and to reform the security agencies).
Jos, for example, has been on fire since 1999. I have the depressing suspicion that it will still be on fire in 2015 when we gather again to hold yet another meaningless election that resolves none of the strategic political, economic or social questions.
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