Of course, available data from reported cases and accounts by victims of the current madness are harrowing, disturbing and disheartening. In this month of April 2021, over 200 Nigerians were killed by so-called bandits, terrorists and separatists. In Borno State, there is no accurate data on the number of persons killed in multiple attacks in Damasak, Kwapre village, Kumuya military base, Mainok military super-camp, and Geidam town in Yobe State, which has been annexed by terrorists who boast about their victory over the Nigeria Army. In the South-East, more than 43 policemen have been killed by persons suspected to be members of the proscribed IPOB group. They attack security formations, kill operatives and cart away arms. A highly condemnable development that should be taken very seriously by the federal and state governments.
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By Deji Elumoye and Chuks Okocha, Kingsley Nwezeh, Adedayo Akinwale, Udora Orizu in Abuja and Laleye Dipo in Minna
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday reached out to the United States and other important and strategic partners for help in combating the worsening security challenges facing Nigeria.
Buhari, during a virtual meeting with the US Secretary of State, Mr. Antony Blinken, said the support is necessary because untamed insecurity in Nigeria will have dire consequences for her neighbours and many other countries.
Lawan rejects proposal to shut down upper chamber
By Deji Elumoye and Udora Orizu
The Senate at Tuesday plenary expressed anger over the deteriorating security situation of the country, mandating its leadership to book an appointment with President Muhammadu Buhari and service chiefs to discuss the issue and proffer lasting solutions.
The senators aired their views while contributing to a motion of urgent national importance, titled ‘Need for federal government to deploy troops and other security apparatus to immediately bring an end to the menace of insurgency and terrorism in Niger State and other parts of Nigeria,’ sponsored by Senator Mohammed Sani Musa (Niger East).
Nigeria sacks police boss after separatist attack on security command
Wednesday April 07 2021
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Abuja,
Less than 24 hours after separatists launched surprise attacks against a Nigerian prison and police command headquarters in the South Eastern part of the country, Inspector General (IG) of Police Mr Mohammed Adamu has been sacked.
Mr Adamu, 60, was fired Tuesday while he was on a tour of Owerri, the Imo State capital, to assess the damage done in the attacks carried out by separatists. The government, through Police Affairs Minister Maigari Dingyadi, announced that he has been replaced with Mr Usman Alkali Baba, the Deputy Inspector General of Police.
To defeat insurgency and banditry: Beyond the call for weapons
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By Charles Onunaiju
SINCE the recent upsurge in the nefarious activities of insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other assorted range of anti-social felons, the call for more arms and ammunition, including the latest military weaponry, have grabbed vintage headlines. It is generally assumed that obsolete and inappropriate weapons have been the major reasons why the Boko Haram insurgency, now in its eleventh year, is recently gathering more steam when ordinarily the delusional insurgents would have been in disarray.
When the humungous sum of $1 billion was yanked off from the special excess crude account, the reason was to access the latest weapons to deal fatal blows to the insurgents and hobble the then creeping banditry.