With Nigeria’s membership of the United Nations, Ejiofor Alike reports that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State’s suggestion for the global body to probe the abduction of the recently released pupils and teachers in his state should not be dismissed as such action could bring solutions to the unending incidents of school abductions, which have ridiculed Nigeria
The agents of the Nigerian state’s growing penchant for rejecting any suggestion of foreign intervention in the insecurity plaguing the country is becoming increasingly worrisome. No country in Africa that is not fighting civil war is experiencing the level of insecurity being experienced by Nigerians.
Many foreign countries and agencies of the United Nations (UN) have committed millions of dollars in aid to ameliorate the sufferings of victims of insecurity in Nigeria.
The Nigerian government welcomes this support and has been asking for more financial aid and humanitarian services.
However, whenever suggestions are made by well-meaning Nigerians for these foreign powers and agencies to intervene directly to unravel and tackle the causes of this widespread violence that has defied home-made solutions, the agents of the Nigerian state will rise in opposition.
