Insecurity: Nowhere to hide as kidnappers, bandits spread terror in Nigeria

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Insecurity: Nowhere to hide as kidnappers, bandits spread terror in Nigeria.


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Insecurity: Nowhere to hide as kidnappers, bandits spread terror in Nigeria
Insecurity: Nowhere to hide as kidnappers, bandits spread terror in Nigeria
Obinna Emelike

From super tucanos to super solutions: Insecurity still a pain in Nigeria’s neck
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Nigerians have appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to do whatever that is within his powers to halt the rising spate of insecurity in the country.
These calls were made in separate interviews with BusinessDaySunday. The citizens said the insecurity situation is depressing and hampering the overall good of Nigeria.

They also urged him to deploy the same energy used in winning the 2023 presidential election to fighting the insecurity challenge besetting the country.

The Tinubu administration will be nine months in power by the end of this month. But the enthusiasm with which many welcomed the administration on May 29, 2023 and the passion with which the new leadership took over the government seem waning today for obvious reasons.

Considering the many promises made at the Presidential Inauguration, especially on fighting insecurity and restoring the economy, the hope of the masses seems dashed as the situations are worse than what they were before the May 29th handover.

There have been talks from the Presidency and some quarters that the President and his team should be given time, and some say the mess left behind by his predecessor is so huge to clean up, among other excuses.


Yet, many others think that Mr. President was aware of the enormous task before aspiring to lead the country and that they need action and not complaint, especially with the new spate of killings across the country.

Aondowase Tyehimba, a Benue-born lawyer who lives in Abuja, blamed the increasing rate of insecurity in the country on adopting wrong strategies and compromises in the execution of even the worst strategy by security operatives who are influenced by their religious and tribal biases and money.

According to him, to win the war against terrorism in the country is going to be difficult because of the political and religious undertones, some sponsors and even some prominent Nigerians (you least expect) are bringing to the table.

“We need to classify bandits, unknown gunmen, kidnappers, Boko Haram, and rifle-wielding herdsmen as terrorists and raise special forces to deal ruthlessly with them.

“You don’t need to vote so much, but make an open show of their killing to serve as a deterrent to potential terrorists. That is the most practical way of fighting insecurity, and not with big funds. The open execution of armed robbers curbed robbery in Nigeria some years ago, let us apply that in dealing with these terrorists,” Tyehimba said.

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