Former Minister of Defence, Lt-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd.), has said Nigeria is on fire and called for a halt to what he described as “somalianisation” of the country.
“I am an optimist as far as Nigeria is concerned. Each time we appear to be struggling as a nation, I tell myself that we shall muddle through.
In the last two months, I began to wonder, our house is on fire. Nigeria is becoming a Somalia; s’omalianisation’ of Nigeria is taking place right now.
“We have to sit down and face the truth, get to the root of our problem and find a solution to this problem. Those of us who call ourselves Northerners, our house is on fire.
Let us not deceive ourselves, let’s look at ourselves, face ourselves and tell ourselves the truth and find solution to our problem.”
On the governors, he said: “The chief security officer of every state in Nigeria is the governor, where are our Northerner governors? Where are they/ Right now, Borno is a failed state, Jigawa is almost a failed state.
Kano is threatening to be a failed state. Kano of all places, Kano, where are we going? Where on earth are we going?
“You hear talks of multi-million naira fences around government houses. What about
