A Myopic Strategy in the Fight Against Terrorism and Kidnapping in Nigeria
This article by Akintayo Balogun highlights the foolhardiness of the proposed Bill considered by the Senate, to criminalise the payment (and receipt) of ransom payments, in light of the Government’s obvious failure to secure the lives and property of the people
This article by Akintayo Balogun highlights the foolhardiness of the proposed Bill considered by the Senate, to criminalise the payment (and receipt) of ransoms payments, in light of the Government’s obvious failure to secure the lives and property of the people
The news filtered in on Wednesday, 19th May, 2021, that the Senate considered a Bill that seeks to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned or wrongfully confined. According to the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Bill 2021, anyone who pays ransom to kidnappers, and the kidnappers who receive ransom, risk a 15 year jail term. According
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At least two soldiers and a police officer were killed Saturday when their vehicle hit an explosive device in northeast Ivory Coast near the border with Burkina Faso, a security source told AFP.
"The explosion also left three wounded," the source said. It comes a week after another attack by suspected jihadists killed an Ivorian soldier in Tougbo town a few kilometres from the border.
At least two soldiers and a police officer were killed Saturday when their vehicle hit an explosive device in northeast Ivory Coast near the border with Burkina Faso, a security source told AFP. The explosion also left three wounded, the source said. It comes a week after another
Published June 13, 2021, 8:29 PM Two soldiers and a police officer were killed when their vehicle hit an explosive device in northeast Ivory Coast near the border with Burkina Faso, the military said Sunday.
Army chief of staff General Lassina Doumbia said that at around 7:00 pm (1900 GMT) on Saturday a reconnaissance patrol “was the subject of a complex attack” in the restive region.
“It was an ambush using an improvised explosive device which caused one of the vehicles to blow up,” he said in a statement.
“The detachment’s response were able to secure the area and provide assistance to the injured,” he said, adding that three people were killed and four injured.