National Security Council Considers Nationwide Ban On Motorcycles And Mining

National Security Council has announced that it is considering a nationwide ban on motorcycles and mining activities in the country.

Gatekeepers News reports that the National Security Council said this was part of its strategy to curb terrorist activities, checkmate loopholes, and cut off their sources of funding.

This was the outcome of the meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja.

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, while addressing State House Correspondents after the meeting said investigations are still ongoing especially to establish the correlation between mining and motorcycles which they suspect provide funding for the supply of arms to the terrorists.

Malami stated that terrorists had moved from the conventional ways of funding their activities to mining and ransom taking.

According to the AGF, government was not unaware of the economic consequences of the proposed resolutions, particularly the motorcycle ban but it has become imperative in order to guarantee the nation’s security.

On his part, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, while speaking on the attack on Kuje prisons detailed that despite the extensive intelligence gathered before the onslaught, the attacks succeeded because “there was no will to act.”

Aregbesola further revealed that President Buhari had received a report on the preliminary investigation of the Kuje attack, adding that officers who have been found to renege on their responsibilities would be punished.