[size=14pt]Nigeria plans elite force to fight kidnapping[/size]

Abuja, Sep 16 (PTI) Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is seeking to train an elite strike force to fight the increasing rate of kidnapping and insecurity in the country, especially within the oil-rich Niger Delta region.

"It should be stated unequivocally that investing in the state-of-the-art crime fighting technologies would be meaningless without a corresponding investment in well- trained, well-equipped and highly mobile elite strike force capable of responding speedily to these hostile kidnap situations," he said at the inaugural internal security summit in Abuja today.

The president said the use of small arms and other dangerous weapons in the country by such groups required critical attention.

Oil rich Nigeria which is the most populous country in Africa has witnessed increased number of abduction in recent times and elections have been scheduled for January 2011 raising the fear that desperate politicians may recruit kidnappers.

"No responsible government would fold its arms and watch its citizen wriggle in pain under the yoke of insecurity posed by criminal groups bent on destroying the very fabric of society."
For many years, militants who engaged in resource control war in the oil rich Niger Delta region have been abducting foreign oil workers. They recently started going for locals.

Jonathan has promised to continue with an amnesty programme designed to pardon and rehabilitate the militants which was commenced by his successor late president Umaru Musa Yar''Adua who died early this year.

http://news.in.msn.com/international/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4391085

Another reason why GEJ should be president
, I believe