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 […]