{"id":175475,"date":"2025-08-21T22:56:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T21:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerias-insecurity-worsened-after-libyas-collapse"},"modified":"2025-08-22T00:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:38:37","slug":"nigerias-insecurity-worsened-after-libyas-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-insecurity-worsened-after-libyas-collapse","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria&#8217;s Insecurity Worsened After Libya&#8217;s Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, said Nigeria\u2019s insecurity can be traced to the fall of Libya.<\/p>\n<p>Musa disclosed this while featuring on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that Nigeria is working with countries in the Sahel region to tackle the issue of insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Gen Musa said: \u201cWe have a long list of terror financiers but I don\u2019t know them but I can tell you that the Attorney General is working on it and prosecution has started. I\u2019m sure you know that those that did the Owo bombing are already facing prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince Libya fell, disaster started and now Sudan is in turmoil, Sahel is now open. They have markets that when you go you can buy any kind of weapon you want ungoverned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody flows through and you understand that Niger is there, Mali, Burkina Faso and Mali are having these issues with the Sahel Territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody\u2019s interest is to come to Nigeria because they feel that Nigeria is rich, large, and they can come in to do a lot of things in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne issue is that of Nigerians opening their doors because we have a large heart. Again we have to think of security. Sometimes, these guys come in and we say these are our brothers and sisters but they don\u2019t mean us good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLakurawa, when they came in, that was the issue; Boko Haram, when they started, that was the issue. We allowed them to fester until they become monsters and start eating us up, then we start complaining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should never allow any foreigner an inch into our land for any reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, said Nigeria\u2019s insecurity can be traced to the fall of Libya. Musa disclosed this while featuring on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Thursday. He also revealed that Nigeria is working with countries in the Sahel region to tackle the issue of insecurity. 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