Dear Police Inspector-General Mohammed Adamu, You cannot tackle the atrophic security threat assailing the country by pandering to the whims of the antagonists. Of course, being a sterling security professional, you know this; hence my befuddlement by your statement at the meeting in Kebbi state yesterday.

At the indaba with the leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), you were quoted to have said these words by national newspapers: “We will take measures to dialogue with the bandits to become better citizens, but if that fails we will deal with them.”

Dear IGP, when did it become a national policy or security strategy to “dialogue” with terrorists and bandits who have pulverised many innocent lives? Does it mean there is no punishment for the crime committed? Is your gesture not a sign of capitulation by the police? How do you even have that conversation with bandits to become “better citizens”? Does it mean the lives wasted deserve no justice?

With due respect Sir, your utterance and approach is what gives oomph to violent crimes in the country. You have just ossified the perception that violence is the language that the authorities decipher easily.

That is, when you protest against injustice with your voice, the police harass you; you could even be killed or imprisoned. But when you attack the state and dispatch violence against citizens with guns, the authorities call you for a meeting to beg you. They could even offer you some concessions to become a “better citizen”.

Sir, as you already know, “dialoguing” with bandits or terrorists will not stop the killings in the north. It is the reason I suspect there is an implicit meaning beneath the surface of your statement. Really, I do not need to be caught in the undertow of the subliminal vibe of your statement, it is obvious you were pandering or were ordered to pander for some “reasons”.

Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna state governor, once admitted that he made reparations to some herdsmen to stop the killings in the state. I believe the governor might have had good intentions doing this. But his “mollycoddling” did not yield any fruit. The killings in the state are unabated.

Read more: https://thebelltimesng.com/2019/05/04/dear-igp-adamu-begging-bandits-is-not-a-security-strategy/

Nigeria is like a wall clock with weak battery.

Police only arrest bandits in the South.

Citizens are losing their lives to bandits every blessed day....
Nigeria needs help

We are better separated than being together, how did we get here in Nigeria ?

This is too bad begging bandits, the kinda nonsense these aboki spew makes one thinks what they actually have in their brains

The same pattern our federal govt is using to appease both boko haram and Fulani hedders with billions of naira.