General Rabe Abubakar’s death: Many questions, few answers, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

When Major General Rabe Abubakar (Retd), former army spokesperson, died in captivity on Saturday, June 13, all hell broke loose. Understandably. He was not an ordinary Nigerian. But knowing the country well, all it takes to forget him is another high-profile abduction. And that nearly happened when news broke on Tuesday that terrorists attacked the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, near Jos, on Monday night killing two soldiers and a policeman.
NIPSS is Nigeria’s premier policy think tank and executive leadership training institution where some of the country’s most consummate public servants, senior military commanders, police and intelligence chiefs, diplomat...