Nigeria Won’t Collapse Despite Troubling Security Situation – Obasanjo

• “Keep praying that the situation will only be threatening, but we won’t be overcome by it.”

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the unsettling and precarious situation that the perennial and pervasive insecurity has left the country in will not lead to its implosion.

Obasanjo said this on Wednesday during the 108th annual convention of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC).

For weeks on end, there has been  inexorable rise in violent attacks and criminal attacks with sustained attacks on schools, communities, and security facilities across the country.

Eko Hot Blog had reported how Nigeria recorded more than 10 security incidents on Monday as killings and attacks continued across the country.

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Speaking at the NBC event which took place at the church’s international conference centre along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, the former president said he is hopeful that Nigeria will overcome the challenges.

He implored Nigerians to keep pray so that situation will not go beyond threat.

“On the situation we are in the country, I am an incurable optimist about a number of things, particularly about Nigeria,” Obasanjo said.

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“The situation in Nigeria threatening but we won’t be consumed by it.

“Keep praying that the situation will only be threatening, but we won’t be overcome by it.”

On Tuesday, the house of representatives had asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency over Nigeria’s growing security challenges.