FG predicts December 2022 as end of banditry, terrorism
Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has predicted December, 2022 as date the country would bid farewell to banditry, and terrorism activities.
Aregbesola made this disclosure during a joint press conference in Abuja, on Monday where Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi; and the Police Affairs Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Dingyadi, spoke with newsmen.
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In his address at the conference, Aregbesola said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has drew workable plans eliminate insecurity in the country by the end of the year.
He said, “Our ultimate goal is to eliminate them all together and restore total peace in every inch of the Nigerian soil, that we are going to do, by God’s grace, by December of this year.
“Insecurity preceded us and there are insurgents in the North East, bandits in parts of the North West and North Central, militants in the South South, separatists in the South East and ritual killers in the South West.”
Speaking further, Aregbesola lauded the efforts of security agencies to end attacks on crude oil as well as cable theft.
“All over the country, we have constant attacks on pipelines, electricity cables and other critical national infrastructure. Crude and refined oil theft and kidnapping for ransom and farmers/herders clashes. Security agencies rose to these challenges and have largely degraded the group’s constituting the threats.
“It is sounding tall but take it home; we are determined to ensure that every inch of the Nigerian soil is safe. The determination is there and the order has been given,” he said.
