Chimezie Enyiocha The Rector of Kaduna Polytechnic, Professor Idris Bugaje has called for the massive recruitment of local hunters fro...
Chimezie Enyiocha
The Rector of Kaduna Polytechnic, Professor Idris Bugaje has
called for the massive recruitment of local hunters from every Local Government
Area of the 19 Northern states in order curb the menace of Boko Haram
terrorists in the northeast and bandits attacks in the northwest and other
parts of the region.
Part of his recommendations is that the hunters must be
given a short training on communications and intelligence gathering during
operations and thereafter be provided with weapons and other logistics that
will enhance their operations.
In a statement titled; “Formula-100: Solution to the Growing
Banditry and Insurgency in the North”, the Professor of Engineering, said
recruiting at least 100 hunters in each local government of the north is the
model every state in the region must adapt if they must tackle the security
challenges in the north.
“These hunters must be screened at their ward levels to
ensure they are of good character with guarantors in the community including
Heads of Families, Imams, ward, and village heads. For long these traditional
institutions had been neglected and in some places, the bandits have
incorporated them into their networks,” Professor Bugaje said.
The security network according to the academician should
have a Commander in each local government, who will be given the mandate to
clear the bandits in their Local Government Areas.
“Where there is a need for coordinated action across the
neighboring LGAs, the Commanders can sit and organize a joint action. This may
be necessary in forests such as Dajin Rugu in Katsina State which covers about
six Local Government Areas and part of Zamfara State. I am confident this task
will be achieved in a matter of weeks or at worse two months,” he added.
Professor Bugaje also suggests that members of the Civilian
Joint Task Force should be absorbed into the Army or Police at the end of the
exercise, or better a new Security Outfit should be created for each state to
assist in fighting crime in a sustainable way.
Professor Bugaje expressed fear that the region is on a
dangerous path of self-destruction if the trend of bandit attacks and
insurgency continues unabated.
He also described as very embarrassing bandits attack on a
boarding secondary school in Kankara, Katsina State, where over 300 school
pupils went missing in a week when the President was on a private visit to his
State.
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