adsA prominent Nigerian socio-political group, The Patriots, has warned that worsening insecurity, rising poverty, and deepening governance failures are pushing Nigeria toward a national crisis that threatens the country’s survival.
The group, led by former Commonwealth Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku, raised the alarm in a communiqué issued after its meeting in Lagos on Thursday, urging the Federal Government to urgently treat insecurity as a national emergency affecting governance, economic stability, and public safety.
In the communiqué signed by Anyaoku and the group’s secretary-general, Olawale Okunniyi, The Patriots said Nigeria was experiencing an alarming wave of killings, kidnappings, banditry, and displacement of communities across several parts of the country.
The group identified the North East, North West, North Central, and increasingly the South West as regions severely affected by insecurity, noting that thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) continue to face humanitarian hardship while many farmers can no longer access their farmlands.
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