Tackling bandits’, kidnappers’ - The Nation Newspaper

The rising tide of insecurity is frightening. Bandits and kidnappers have seized the country by the throat. What is the answer to their menace? ADEBISI ONANUGA sought lawyers’ views.esidents of Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State would not forget April 6 in a hurry.

“Before we knew what was happening, six people were already dead, about 30 left with varying degrees of injuries,” Nnaluo said. Zamfara State was worst-hit as it recorded 203 homicides during the period under review. The Northwestern state has been terribly-hit with a wave of kidnappings and killings by bandits, making it the face of insecurity in the country over the past few months.For many in the Southwest, North-central and Southeast geopolitical zones, herdsmen-farmers-related violence and kidnappings is an immediate threat.

He said: “We will not take laws into our hands to fight back, but rather as a matter of urgency, we call for the establishment of state vigilant groups or the return of the dreaded famous “Bakassi Boys” with special mandate to engage the armed herdsmen.

The cells are also “well organised” network with each other, and had lately adopted martial training, it said. According to the group, its public version of the report was edited “to preserve many confidential reports some of which have been passed on to some important Yoruba leaders”. “The Yoruba rich suffer in silence. They are raped. They are too traumatised to speak out. We reveal with pain in our hearts that the proprietor of a very big petrol filling station in Yorubland, one of the finest Yoruba businesswomen, was kidnapped. She paid a lot of money.

“In one instance, Yoruba billionaire, Bode Akindele, was accosted on the Ibadan-Lagos Highway. He managed to escape. The report also noted that hundreds of Nigerians have died as a result of attacks by suspected herdsmen during fights between them and farmers and communities. It listed states with the highest casualty as Plateau, Benue, Zamfara and Taraba.

Given this state of affairs, how then can government tackle and end insecurity and restore peace back to the country?Lawyers, who spoke to The Nation, noted that security is a constitutional matter and that the government should tackle it frontally. They are: Chief Paul Ananaba , Femi Falana , Law Lecturer, University of Lagos , Akoka, Wahab Shittu, former Vice President, Nigerian Bar Association , Monday Ubani and Dr. Fassy Yusuf.

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