A week after the expiration of the December 31, 2022 deadline to end all forms of terrorist criminality, attacks have persisted, even as the military has kept m
Quoting the president, he said, “He gave the deadline of total elimination of such a threat to the security of lives and property by December.“I believe that nobody is resting in all the arms of the government with the mandate of maintaining law and order, guaranteeing security and eliminating threats.
But one month and three weeks later, the wanted terrorists have continued to maintain control of their known territories and receive levy from farmers despite the bounty on their heads. He said though the military has made some gains in the fight, more still need to be done to address the remote causes of the crisis, adding that some of the problems are social and require non-military approaches.
He lauded gallant men of the armed forces, saying they had frontally engaged the insurgents with and done very well. A public and private security analyst and trainer, Major Banjo Daniel , told LEADERSHIP that the government was not ready to deal with the security situation bedeviling the nation. Referencing the planned reintegration of repentant terrorists, he said the reintegration has been going on since and it’s not going to end soon,
“Criminals should be dealt with according to the justice system; our legal system too has a problem and we really need to sit down and look at it.”Meanwhile, those allegedly killed, as inferred by the DDI, according to LEADERSHIP findings, are Halilu Sububu from Sububu Village in Maradun local government area of Zamfara, and Gwaska Dankarami, from Shamushele village in Zuri council of Zamfara.
Again, one of the wanted terrorists, Bello Turji, had last week mocked the military for not killing him despite the bounty, adding that the military raids pose a threat to the peace deal between him and the locals in Zamfara state. The Federal Ministry of Justice had recently acknowledged the special intervention granted by President Muhammadu Buhari, for the provision of funds and other logistics for the commencement of the exercise.
Mrs Jedy-Agba said, “Government is taking steps to reconfigure the military holding facilities to make it adaptable and conducive for recommencement of trials, maintaining that there is a paramount official commitment to make sure that the atmosphere and ambience of the venue for trials conforms to best global practices.
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