General Yakubu Gowon, who led Nigeria
through a 30-month civil war, yesterday, lamented that the country had fallen
into full scale civil war with the spate of crises in the northeast.
His assertion was corroborated by the
Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU.
The assertions came as the governor
of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shetima lamented that the last seven days have
been the worst in his life following the abduction of 129 girls from a
secondary school in the state. He disclosed that seven more girls had escaped
from the hideout of the Boko Haram insurgents bringing the number of those
remaining in captivity of the Islamic insurgents to 77.