Following the terrorist attacks on the Kuje Correctional
facility on July 5 as well as others recorded nationwide, the Federal
Government is considering a ban on the use of motorcycles and mining
activities.
The Ministers of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, Justice,
Abubakar Malami and Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed this to State
House Correspondents shortly after Thursday’s Security Council meeting chaired
by the President, Muhammadu Buhari.
The cabinet members were, however, silent on whether the ban
would be nationwide or restricted to the affected regions of the country.
According to them, the Council is considering both measures
to cut off funding and logistics which the terrorists have leveraged to execute
their nefarious activities.
Malami revealed that the use of motorcycles allowed the
terrorists to move around funds sourced from mining and channeled to purchase
arms.
The federal government, he said, ws now considering ways to
block the sources already identified.
The Minister of Justice also noted that the terrorists have
since evolved their financing techniques to mining and ransom-taking,
necessitating the government’s intervention.
On his part, the Minister of Interior, Aregbesola, said
despite the extensive intelligence gathered before the attack on the Kuje
Correctional Center, the terrorists succeeded because “there was no will to
act.”
He revealed that President Buhari has received a report on
the preliminary investigation on the Kuje attack and officers who have been
found to renege on their responsibilities would be punished.
Details later…
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