The Increasingly Fragile, Ungoverned Spaces in Nigeria

Quote: “The peace in [Taraba] state is under assault. There is an attempt at ethnic cleansing in this state and, of course, in all the riverine state of Nigeria. We must resist it. We must stop it. Every one of us must rise up. The armed forces are not neutral; they collude with the armed bandits that kill people, kill Nigerians. They facilitate their movement. They cover them. If you are depending on the Armed Forces to stop the killings, you will all die one by one. The ethnic cleansing must stop in Taraba State, it must stop in all the states of Nigeria; otherwise Somalia will be a child’s play.”

-         Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma (Rtd)

Nigeria’s Former Chief of Army Staff & Minister of Defence,

Saturday, March 24, 2018