Nigeria Might Be Next Afghanistan Due to Crisis of Lawlessness, Governor Says

Members of the Yansakai vigilante group sit inside an auditorium at the Zamfara state government house as their members surrendered more than 500 guns to the governor Bello Matawalle, as part of efforts to accept the peace process of the state government in Gusau, on December 3, 2019. Kola Sulaimon/ AFP via Getty Images

Unless the rule of law returns to Nigeria soon, the nation will collapse into a general civil war reminiscent of Afghanistan, Benue state Gov. 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 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in August 2021 as the Taliban army closed in on Kabul.