Col. Sambo Dasuki
■ The can of worms, the politics
He was in reticent hibernation, enjoying the quietude of retirement from active military service when some three odd years ago, he emerged on the scene as National Security Adviser. The upsurge in insurgency in the North-east, the rising outcry of xenophobia by a critical section of the North against the regime of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, and the near implacable desire to steady the course of security machinery in the country defined his appointment.