Nigeria responds as banditry overwhelms states, causes hardship
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari waves at the crowd as he attends a parade at the Eagles Square in Abuja during celebrations to mark the country 61st Independence day, on October 1, 2021. PHOTO | AFP
“The past 18 months have been some of the most difficult periods in the history of Nigeria," President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday.
Since the civil war of 1967-1970, “I doubt whether we have seen a period of more heightened challenges than what we have witnessed in this period,” embattled 78-year-old lamented in his Independence Day broadcast on October 1, 2021.
