Nigeria: Musdapher - Boko Haram Insurgency, Sign of Failing State

21 December 2012

The immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher, Thursday warned that the Boko Haram insurgency and other social upheavals threatening the survival of the country are indications of a failing state.

Musdapher, who delivered the second annual lecture and book presentation of the National Mirror in Lagos, said he was worried by the scourge of terrorism that has posed a great challenge to the Nigerian state.

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