Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has decried the level of insecurity in Nigeria.

Addressing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, the President of the NBA, Yakubu Maikyau in company with other national officers of the association, said "Nigeria is under siege.

In a letter titled, 'State of the Nation' and addressed to President Bola Tinubu dated 14 February, the the body of Nigerian legal lawyers articulated its position on three broad issues - insecurity, administration of justice and the economy.

Mr Maikyau, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said the "challenges of insecurity" are in "alarming proportions."

He chronicled the "ravaging activities of bandits, terrorists, the scourge of kidnapping for ransom" as th...