THE National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has said Nigeria is better secure under the President Bola Tinubu-led administration than before it came into power.
Noting that other countries are literally on their knees, Ribadu said Nigeria was currently standing strong “and confronting the evil,” adding that the recent Boko Haram attacks in Borno State were due to the resurgence of Jihadi activists in the Sahel region.
Speaking at Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja, during a one-day All Progressives Congress (APC) Summit, with the theme, ‘Renewed Hope Agenda: The Journey So Far,’ Ribadu explained that the Sahel region is under severe security threat, leading to collapse of democracy in counteries, such as Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, and increasing tension in Chad, Cameroun and Benin Republic.
The Tinubu administration, the NSA recalled, inherited five active security challenges, including Boko Haram in the Northeast, banditry in the Northwest, secessionist agitations by the IPOB/ESN in the Southeast, Niger-Delta unrest and communal conflicts/herder-farmer conflicts, especially in the North Central.
He explained that over 35,000 and 12,000 persons were affected by the Boko Haram and banditry crises, respectively, while millions of people were rendered homeless in the affected areas, saying security agencies, working as a team, have substantially addressed and tackle challenges, such as the sit-at-home in the Southeast and sabotage of oil installations in the Niger Delta.
Ribadu disclosed that over 13,543 Boko Haram insurgents were killed in the past two years and over 11,000 arms recovered and destroyed from them, while about 124,408 Boko Haram fighters and their families surrendered to troops since the advent of the administration.
He enthused that despite some setbacks, operations were ongoing in Tumbuktu Triangle, Tumbu Islands and other enclaves to eliminate the insurgents.
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