Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa, rtd, has stated why terrorism, banditry and other forms of insecurity in Nigeria seem to be difficult to deal with.
Speaking at the June 12 edition of The Platform, organised by The Covenant Nation in Lagos, General Musa said the problem persists in the country partly because criminal groups receive support from individuals within local communities.
“Banditry, insurgency, terrorism. Why does it seem so difficult to deal with it? Perhaps, we have the people that are also encouraging and supporting these things from happening because the terrorists, the bandits, survive aroun the people.
Speaking at the June 12 edition of The Platform, organised by The Covenant Nation in Lagos, General Musa said the problem persists in the country partly because criminal groups receive support from individuals within local communities.
“Banditry, insurgency, terrorism. Why does it seem so difficult to deal with it? Perhaps, we have the people that are also encouraging and supporting these things from happening because the terrorists, the bandits, survive around the people.
“There are several stories of how people have aided them in giving them food, giving them water, and giving them information, and these are the things that keep them going, and we call this the oxygen
“Who is funding them? Who are those giving them information? Who are those giving them the logistics that keep them going? It is still the people,” he asked.
Credit: Daily Post