Coming just 10 months after the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train in Kaduna State, it confirms the collapse of the country’s security system under the regime of the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
Concerning insecurity, Nigeria is in a very bad place. Violent Islamism, banditry, vicious separatism, and robbery have conflated with Fulani herdsmen rapine, leading to unprecedented breaches under Buhari, a retired general whose lack of authority in the past seven years is most confounding. As the 2023 general elections draw close, the country is likely to witness more of these attacks.
There is enough blame to go round. There was a significant failure in intelligence gathering and use. Citing likely terrorist attacks, the NRC suspended train services at the Ajaokuta station last August after gunmen shot at disembarking passengers there. Being on the same route with Igueben, Saturday’s ghastly attack exposes the failure to secure vital public assets from attackers.
Regularly, audacious attacks occur. Last June, terrorists slaughtered over 40 worshippers just after Sunday service at the St Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. The following month, the Islamists breached the Kuje Correctional Centre in the Abuja, where they freed hundreds of inmates, including over 60 hardened terrorists, and ambushed the elite Brigade of Guard corps.
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