– Say instability in the Sahel fuelling Nigeria’s security challenges
Chuks Okocha in Abuja
Eminent Nigerians, including Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and Fatima Balla, ex-Nigerian ambassador to Botswana, have called on the federal government to urgently appoint a special envoy for the Sahel to address rising insecurity in Nigeria.
The call comes as the country continues to witness an increase in cases of banditry, kidnapping and abductions across several regions.
In a statement and signed by 10 eminent Nigerians, the group said insecurity in Nigeria cannot be fully understood in isolation from the broader instability in the Sahel region.
