Various prominent Nigerians have expressed their viewpoints on the state of rising insecurity. One of such people is the respected nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka.
He said: "Our security challenges could not be remedied by prayers, but by leaders capable of handling the issue without partisanship."
He stated that in order for Nigeria to tackle the Boko Haram scourge effectively, the Presidency and its agents should be humble and learn from countries that had experienced similar crises and how to were able to defeat the evil.