In recent months, bandits have initiated a series of attacks and kidnappings in various states, making governance difficult for those in power and heightening the degree of insecurity in the country.
Students of secondary and tertiary levels of education have become the major victims of these acts of banditry.Some of the schools which have witnessed attacks in the past few months include Government Science College, Kagara in Niger; Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara; Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation and Greenfield University, both in Kaduna; and recently, Abia State University.
Only three months ago, the presidency was threatening to crush the bandits behind the attacks and their sponsors, saying they can be defeated by the country’s security outfits but in recent days, that hard stance appears to have softened.
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Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari came out with a clear and resounding message on the current debate as to what best to do to end the menace of insecurity across the country by armed hoodlums: there will be no amnesty for them from the Federal Government.
In a message he sent to the meeting of the Northern State Governors’ Forum, Northern Traditional Rulers Council, a delegation of the Federal Government in Kaduna, Buhari said: “The government shall continue to deal with insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other criminals who constitute a threat to innocent citizens across the county”.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has declared war on insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other criminals that constitute threat to innocent citizens without resorting to ethnic profiling and tasked security agents to be alert
The President spoke at a joint security meeting of Northern State Governors’ Forum, Northern Traditional Rulers Council and a Federal Government delegation in Kaduna.
Represented by his Chief of Staff Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the President added: “I must appreciate the efforts of the 19 Northern States Governors’ Forum for their contribution towards National Growth and development, especially in this challenging period in our nation’s being where certain fundamental corporate
The president represented by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, his chief of staff during a joint security meeting of the Northern State Governors’ Forum and traditional rulers, on Thursday, February 25, 2021, said his administration will continue to deal with bandits, kidnappers and insurgents in the country.
Buhari said Nigeria is battling with different dimensions of security challenges, adding that he had ordered security chiefs to devise new strategies to end insecurity in the country.
He further advised that criminality in Nigeria should be handled without resorting to ethnic profiling.
The president said,
“I must appreciate the efforts of the 19 Northern States Governors’ Forum for their contribution towards national growth and development, especially in this challenging period in our nation’s being where certain fundamental corporate existence need to be frankly deliberated upon and actionable resolutions reached.