Immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Dahiru Musdapher, has warned that the Boko Haram insurgency and other social upheavals are threatening the survival of the country.
Justice Musdapher was speaking at the second anniversary lecture and book presentation of National Mirror in Lagos on Thursday. He expressed worry about the scourge of terrorism overwhelming the security establishment and the disintegration of the nation’s moral fabric. According to him, “More than ever before in the history of Nigeria, the scourge of terrorism poses great challenges to the Nigerian state.
“Our slide into anarchy has assumed dangerous dimensions perhaps beyond the capacity of our security agencies to deal with the menace effectively… Boko Haram insurgency, political violence, corruption, nepotism, tribalism, indiscipline, abduction and kidnappings, armed robbery, murder and extortion, bombings of places of worship and innocent Nigerians are all indicators of a failing state.
“These social upheavals clearly threaten the survival of the Nigerian nation and we all have a duty to rise and stem the tide… Our capacity to investigate, arrest, prosecute and convict those found guilty of contravening our laws is evidently weak and compromised; yet no one is held responsible.
