Unless rule of law returns to Nigeria soon, the nation will subside into a general civil war reminiscent of Afghanistan, Benue state governor Samuel Ortom told The Epoch Times in an interview.
“From what happened in Afghanistan, we see that one day the president will run away from that [presidential] villa and hand it over to terrorists,” Ortom said, alluding to the departure of the Afghani president in August 2021 as the Taliban army closed in on Kabul.
“The president’s own guards recently were attacked and killed,” said Ortom.
As The Epoch Times has reported during the past 18 months, terrorists have derailed passenger trains, abducted whole student bodies of colleges, and broken into maximum security prisons to liberate their jailed comrades….