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HARDtalk: Ibrahim Shema - Governor of Katsina State, Nigeria

17/05/2013

Ibrahim Shema - Governor of Katsina State, Nigeria

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Ibrahim Shema - Governor of Katsina State, Nigeria

As a violent insurgency takes hold in the north, how can Nigeria avoid sliding into chaos?

A violent Islamist insurgency is threatening to destabilise Nigeria. Stephen Sackur speaks to Ibrahim Shema, governor of the northern Nigerian state of Katsina.

A violent Islamist insurgency in northern Nigeria is threatening to destabilise Africa's most populous nation. In recent months the body count has spiked alarmingly - and now the president has imposed a state of emergency in three of Nigeria's most troubled states. Stephen Sackur speaks to Ibrahim Shema, governor of the northern state of Katsina. How does Nigeria avoid sliding into chaos?

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