The comments below were written by readers of the article 'Gun for hire: Nigeria security fears spark boom in private protection'

Link to article here - https://www.ft.com/content/a12bb6b1-798d-4863-8b49-104a56ccc716

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- "Hire and train more police officers?? "

- "Obscene. And speaks to Nigeria's becoming a failed state. I am working here at the moment and am literally counting the days until the contract is up."

- "Failed state like Brazil and Mexico?"

- "Worse than Mexico or Brazil. Kidnappings out of comtrol, maritime piracy off the coast and islamist insurgency in the North East. Good article in this weeks Economist about this."

- "I actually received an unsolicited pitch by a senior Nigerian police officer for security services…"

- "My experience was that the hired security were the best placed consultants for the bandits and were generally on a cut of the ransom. A lot more kidnappings occur than reported. It’s sort of like a self fulfilling prophecy. The clients don’t even complain as they feel relatively safe while they go through the process. It’s the random murdering / crash and grab the MOPO are useful so they can have time to organise the kidnap. "

- "The police will have zero incentive to end insecurity if they are making so much out of private protection. "


- "will become a lawless failed state?

It already is."

This is what Bulhari has turned the country to. A laughing stock for foreigners and a death trap for Nigerians.

Noted