Increasing incidents of insecurity in Nigeria have led to mounting pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to take control of the situation. And recently parliament even urged President Buhari to declare a nationwide state of emergency. The country has struggled to end a jihadist insurgency in the north-east now for more than a decade, a conflict that has, according to the Nigerian government and the United Nations, killed tens of thousands of people and forced millions to leave their homes. In south-east Nigeria they’ve seen a surge in deadly attacks targeting police and other security forces in the past few months. All of this has been compounded by a sharp rise in abductions targeting civilians in schools. Alan Kasujja now looks at why there’s a security crisis in Nigeria.