Jul 4, 2021
Shehu Rekep, deputy of an armed group of bandits in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state, contends they have taken up crime because government hasn t protected their livelihood as herders.
In seven months, bandits and terrorist groups have demanded more than N307 million as ransom from the families of kidnap victims.
The figure is the ransom demanded by kidnappers from school attacks in northern Nigeria.
The northern region of the country has witnessed a plethora of kidnappings by bandits, with the abduction of school children becoming a recurring theme.
No fewer than 947 students and pupils have been abducted in the last seven months.
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Katsina
In Katsina State, many villages have been deserted due to incessant attacks by bandits. A resident of Sheme in Faskari Local Government Area said, “Though I cannot give you the exact figure, about 100 villages have been deserted, of which some are being occupied by bandits and others burnt.
“In Ruwan Godiya ward alone, we have Shawu, Unguwar Goga, Yantuwaru, Gidan Dogo, Unguwar Nadaji, Hayin Najafa, Unguwar Baidu, Kanawa, Hitaru and Unguwar Haji villages. Some of them are currently occupied by the bandits, and even those that are not taken over by bandits, the villagers cannot go to their farms as they will be chased away,” he said.
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Dealing with rising insecurity The Punch
Published 2 July 2021
Currently, I think there’s more hope in the future than in the present: Nigerian leaders seem to be paying more attention to the 2023 elections than on the spate of insecurity across the country. We’ve, however, forgotten that the present ultimately determines the future. Surely, when there’s power in the future, there ought to be a symbiotic synergy of power in the present that would propel us to acting and living as we want the future to be.
Focusing more on the 2023 presidential election, in particular, and not on the more daunting security challenges is a gross dereliction of duty, making many ambassadors of disintegration and disunity.