Kidnapping, cattle rustling ore threats than insurgency - Defence minister
Security challenges confronting the country such as kidnapping, cattle rustling and farmer/ herders clashes pose more threat to the peaceful coexistence of Nigeria than the insurgency in the North East Nigeria, the minister of defence, Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali has said.
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