Africa-Press – Nigeria. The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has expressed deep worry over the killing of army personnel during an attack on the military base, Benisheikh, Borno State on Thursday, attack on a poultry farm in Ondo State, killings and abductions in Plateau, Kwara, Niger and Kaduna states, among others.
The organisation’s concern was contained in a press statement issued by its national publicity secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi.
Reports indicated that that the Commanding Officer of Bnisheikh military base, Brigadier General Oseni Braimah, was killed on Thursday morning just as military bases in Pulka and Munguno, Plateau state was attacked.
In a similar vein, a poultry farm in Igushi Ala, Akure North Local Government Area, Ondo State was attacked with the poultry farmer and her daughter killed while three workers including the farmer’s sister were abducted by their attackers.
It would be recalled that a few weeks ago, some kidnappers attacked Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, CRIN in Ibadan the Oyo State capital and abducted five people who came from Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Attacks on Benue, Katsina and Plateaus are raising so much concern leading to President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Plateau last week.
Reviewing various acts of banditry and terrorism occurring in different parts of the country in recent times, Ajayi submitted that insecurity in Nigeria has increased due to a number of factors such as internal sabotage and complicity among security agencies, complicity between bandits and some locals in given communities, possible sponsorship by foreign interests who set their eyes on Nigeria’s mineral resources as well as possible complicity by political actors.
Ajayi urged the authorities concerned should beam a lot of searchlight on their internal mechanism including internal sabotage and complicity among security agencies, collusion between badits and some locals in given communities, foreign interests who set their eyes on Nigeria’s mineral resources as well as some possible unscruplous political actors.
He stated that drones and other sundry surveillance devices including CCTV will spot these bandits moving in such convoys.
“Thus, it is high time that greater self-examination is done and necessary steps taken if the war against insecurity in Nigeria is to be won”, he said.
Afenifere added that as part of the measures that can be taken even before state police takes off, suspected backers of bandits can be persuaded to encourage their protégés to submit their weapons as occurred during the administration of late President Ya Adua – while appropriate sanctions as prescribed by law can be then be invoked on them.
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