The designation of bandits as terrorists: What next? | TheCable

When the blood-thirsty bandits wreaking havoc in the north-west states of the country got officially dressed and documented in their rightful garb as terrorists, Nasir El- Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, had good reasons to gloat or brag.

Rather than indulge in the luxury of celebration, El-Rufai has since moved on to other pressing issues of the moment, considering the ever-increasing security challenges. He is currently campaigning vigorously for the recruitment of more men and women, the provision of more equipment for the armed forces, the long-overdue establishment of state police, plus increased funding of the security agencies.

The campaign to take actions in a way not intended comes as a strong rebuttal of the tales by moonlight spurn by El-Rufai’s political detractors, to paint with the undeserved brush of an uncaring governor who even takes side with the bandits. These naysayers have taken delight in spurning utter falsehoods about El-Rufai, evidently with the sole purpose of “de-marketing” him due to the 2023 general election permutations.

Based on both experience and foresight, El-Rufai’s submissions that previous security operations in some north-west states spectacularly failed because there weren’t enough boots on the ground, to date, hasn’t been refuted. It bolsters his call for massive recruitment into the military. Clearly, the lack of numbers is solely responsible for the inability of security agencies to launch simultaneous military operations in all the troubled states.

The Nigerian armed forces’ obvious lack of numbers is what the lousy terrorists have continued to capitalise on, to embarrass everyone, to the extent of exploding into a nationwide problem. The dangerous implication is that the more the crisis lingers, the more Nigerians will doubt the capacity of the Nigerian state to protect them.

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