Last week, when this columnist lamented the curious and mysterious silence of the political class on insecurity going gaga, little did I know that bigger assaults on the Nigerian State were just ahead. On Tuesday, attacks by presumed terrorists were made on the presidential convoy which had gone ahead as an advance party to Daura, the hometown of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) in preparation for his arrival to celebrate Sallah in his nativity. I am not all that young, nonetheless, I do not recall any such incident in my adult. An equally disquieting confrontation claimed by the Islamic State West Africa Province to be their handiwork occurred on Tuesday night when in a dramatic raid and forcible entry into the medium-security correctional institution at Kuje, close to 800 prisoners were let loose.
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