Insecurity Took Different Forms Under Buhari —ICIR
Insecurity took different forms under Buhari’s administration, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, ICIR, has said.
ICIR stated this in a feature article, which Blueprint Newspaper, republished.
According to ICIR:”Though he inherited the menace, many Nigerians believe the situation worsened during his tenure against their expectation that he would contain it as a retired military General and a former Head of State.
“Banditry and kidnapping reigned in the North-west and North-central and there were still pockets of insurgency in the North-east as of 2022.
“‘Unknown gunmen’ tool charge of the South-east, killing people and grounding businesses, while ritual killings surged in the South-west with the attendant human toll.
“But there has been relative peace in the South-south where agitators for resource control had wreaked havoc in the past.
The region has been largely peaceful because of the federal government’s empowerment programmes for the repentant militants.
“Ex-militants also secured juicy contracts from the Buhari government to monitor oil infrastructures.
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In 2022, terrorists attacked 18 correctional centres and released inmates, including other terrorists across Nigeria, under the president’s watch.
“In July 2022, suspected insurgents attacked the Presidential Guards Brigade in the nation’s capital, a situation that forced the National Assembly to threaten to impeach him.
“Buhari recorded significant success in containing insurgency in North-east, but insecurity festers in other parts of Nigeria
He inherited a nation blanketed by terrorist attacks, especially in three North-east states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
“In addition to the three states, the terrorists attacked Kano. They also struck the United Nations building in Abuja on August 27, 2011 and another barrage by the group consumed the Police Headquarters in the nation’s capital on July 16, 2012 killing many people, while many fires that erupted from the attack destroyed many assets.
“The last major insurgent attack in Nigeria occurred around the Lake Chad region in March, where more than 30 civilians reportedly died.
“But Buhari has arguably contained insurgency by the terrorist groups, Boko Haram and Islamic West Africa Province (ISWAP), even if other forms of heinous criminality that consume lives have festered across the country.
“As Buhari handed over to Bola Tinubu on May 29, parents of Chibok schoolgirls who are yet to have their children back from captivity are hopeless and sadder about how President Buhari has failed to make good his vow to rescue their children from their captors.”
