The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) says the country is experiencing a significant improvement in its security situation with a noticeable drop in the rate of killings, abductions, terrorist attacks and banditry.
Making this observation in a statement signed by its Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, the BMO noted that the drop in the criminal activities is due to the determination and grit of the security forces who have been able to apprehend most of the criminal elements making the country unsafe.
“In the past few months, there was hardly any report of kidnappings along the Kaduna – Abuja expressway. Also in Zamfara and Katsina States, there have not been much report of kidnappings or killings by bandits. Several arrests of top kingpins perpetrating the evil were made in the last six months.
“In the North East, where the Nigerian Military is doing a great job in the battle against the terrorist group, Boko Haram, it has been reports of one success after another. On a daily basis, there have been stories of surrender by Boko Haram fighters, the rescue of those in their captivity, and conquests by the Nigerian Military. Only in very rare cases do we hear of successful ambush or attacks against our forces.
“These are worthy of commendation and we must state that the Security agencies have done well.”
BMO observed that the improved security can also be traced to the fact that elections are over and politicians who had been sponsoring violence had lost out in the polls and retreated.
“The drop in banditry and kidnapping cannot be disconnected also from the fact that elections are over, the courts have given their judgments, and losing politicians have run off with their tails between their legs.
“We recall that during the elections some politicians were accused by the Armed Forces of being behind the spike in insecurity. It appears that they were doing all within their means to make the country ungovernable and to give the government a bad name. Thankfully the government did not succumb but dealt decisively with the matter and brought the perpetrators to book.
“We strongly urge the Nigerian Security Agencies to spare no one and bring every political figure and sponsor of violence to justice. They may have run back to their caves to conspire, our security agents must track them wherever these hideouts may be, flush them out and bring them to book.”
