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Bandits Are Always A Step Ahead Of Security Agencies, Sultan Urges FG To Bolster Intelligence Gathering
We are all in one big country where we have poverty.
Bauchi State– Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, has voiced serious concerns regarding the effectiveness of intelligence gathering by security agencies in Nigeria.
The Sultan’s remarks come in the wake of persistent and alarming attacks on communities across various regions of the country, prompting questions about the adequacy of security measures in place.
He said that bandits and other criminal elements attacking Nigerians are always a step ahead of security agencies in gathering intelligence, urging the military and other security agencies to step up intelligence gathering.
Speaking on Wednesday at the 80th edition of the National Islamic Vocation Course (IVC) in Bauchi, where he condemned the recent attack by gunmen in Plateau State which claimed the lives of over 100 persons with several others wounded.
He called on security agencies to be more proactive and try to prevent such attacks.
“We only condemned such things but after condemning such activities by these bandits and criminals what next? What are the rest of the government who are supposed to protect our lives and property (doing)? Why do we keep on having these deaths? The Tudun Biri incident is still fresh with us and now the recent on the Plateau,” the Sultan said.
“Why can’t you be proactive to stop such attacks before they happen? What happened to our intelligence-gathering mechanism? Are you telling me that nobody knew about such attacks?
“In various places whether in Sokoto, Kebbi or Kaduna or anywhere, have we lost our sense of gathering information to avert any or such key loss? We must ask our government to be up and doing because these bandits are always a step ahead.”
“We are all in one big country where we have poverty. Yes, Muslims, Christians and even those who don’t have religion go to the same market and they buy the same foodstuff, enter the same vehicles and pay the same fares.
“So, it is not the issue of religion, let’s not tell ourselves that anybody is planning anything against Muslims or Christians. No; it is the issue of leadership and I have said many times that let’s have confidence in leadership that within the next few months something will change.”