Nuhu Ribadu, national security adviser
(NSA), has stated that the sit-at-home orders issued by non-state actors in the South East are becoming ineffective.
Gatekeepers News reports that Ribadu made the statement while presenting the security achievements of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration at All Progressives Congress (APC) national summit on Thursday.
He noted that the administration inherited five major security challenges: Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East, banditry in the North-West, separatist agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) in the South-East, unrest in the Niger Delta, and herder-farmer conflicts in the North-Central.
According to Ribadu, coordinated efforts by security forces have led to a significant reduction in killings, abductions, and destruction across the country.
He highlighted that more than 3,543 Boko Haram insurgents have been neutralised in the last two years, with over 11,000 illegal arms seized and destroyed. Additionally, 124,408 insurgents and their family members have surrendered to security forces under the current administration.
He said, “In the south-east, a welcome development is the sit-at-home orders are becoming more and more ineffective.”
“Key IPOB/ESN figures captured or neutralised.”
“Over 50 police stations and many police posts have been rebuilt.”
“Attacks on security forces significantly reduced. Social and economic activities are normalising.”
“In north-west, a watershed year in the fight against banditry, 11,250 hostages freed; a decline in mass abductions.”
“Decisive blows to top warlords… Ali Kachalla, Boderi, Halilu Sububu, Dangote, Isuhu Yellow, Damuna etc were eliminated.”
