“Overhaul Nigeria’s Counterterrorism Framework” – Atiku Tells Tinubu

Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu

Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has warned President Bola Tinubu’s administration to urgently overhaul Nigeria’s counterterrorism framework. He recently had his say via a press statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, and Nigerians have been reacting.

Warning that terrorists are continuously refining their tactics against innocent citizens, Atiku stressed that BAT’s government has been incapable of doing the same to protect Nigerians.

The former VP added that the disturbing spread of terrorism, banditry and kidnapping from the North to other parts of the country is proof that the current security architecture has failed to evolve.

His words, “The terrorists are learning from every attack. They study their successes and failures.

They refine their tactics. They identify vulnerabilities. They adapt and strike again. The question Nigerians must ask is simple: Why isn’t the government doing the same?

From Chibok to Oyo, from countless villages in the North-West to communities across the Middle Belt and beyond, the pattern has become tragically familiar. A nation that refuses to learn from its tragedies is condemned to relive them.

The battle against terrorism cannot be won solely through military deployments. While kinetic operations remain necessary, the government must aggressively target the financial lifelines of terrorist groups. We must identify and dismantle the networks that fund, equip, transport, and shelter these criminal elements.”

WOW.