
Edo Train Attack: A Case Of Coordinated State Failure
Terrorists, criminals, kidnappers, and non-state actors have never been this emboldened in Nigeria’s history. Almost like an ungoverned space, the Nigerian state is growing weaker by the day and the reality of the average citizen is becoming scarier. With Nigeria already exhibiting clear signs of State failure, it will only be a matter of time before Africa’s most popular country caves in and becomes a full-blown failed state if nothing drastic is done to curtail the pacy downward slide.
A few weeks ago, barely a year after the Abuja-Kaduna train attack, criminals struck again, this time they attacked a …