Nigeria ‘Close to Defeating Banditry’, Says Defence Minister Badaru
Nigeria’s Defence Minister, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, says the country’s security forces are “inches away” from defeating banditry, despite a recent rise in school kidnappings. Speaking in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, the minister acknowledged that attacks by armed groups have persisted, but described the current pattern as typical of guerrilla tactics, sporadic strikes […]
Civil Society Group Demands Defence Minister’s Sack Over Rising Insecurity in Nigeria
A Nigerian civil society organisation, Ethics Vanguard, has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately sack the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, accusing him of failing to tackle the country’s worsening security crisis. In a statement released on Monday in Abuja, the group’s Executive Director, Amina Mohammed, described the minister’s performance as “grossly incompetent” […]