President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies to
rescue persons kidnapped during the Kaduna train attack and others still in
captivity.
On March 28, a Kaduna-bound train was attacked by gunmen,
with eight passengers killed and many kidnapped.
Since the Kaduna train attack, the spate of violent attacks
has continued unabated, especially in the northern part of the country.
On Thursday, Buhari met with the service chiefs, ministers
and heads of security agencies over the security challenges.
Speaking after the meeting, Babagana Munguno, national
security adviser, said the president has ordered that the security of the land
borders be tightened in a bid to address the rising insecurity.
“Mr. President has directed all the operational and
intelligence elements to rescue these innocent people immediately and unhurt,”
he said.
“This is the basis, on which other issues were discussed.
Obviously, the chief of defense staff and the service chiefs, as well as the
inspector-general of police, all briefed the president on the occurrences in
their respective organisations.
“I submitted a memo to the council and my recommendations
are being looked into by the president. My recommendations are wide-ranging and
they touch on all aspects of security, starting with the level of security of
our land borders, as well as within the country itself.
“A lot of lives are being lost, the president is not happy
about this situation, he has made it very clear.
“The first assignment he has given to the security agencies,
especially the armed forces and the police is to rescue those that are in
captivity, not just those that were captured during the last train incident,
but those that have been in captivity in other parts of the country. That is
the first thing that has to be done.”
On the deployment of technology to tackle insecurity,
Monguno said the federal government is making efforts to know the processes of
the acquisition of the needed technology.
“One, technology is expensive. Technology takes time to
acquire these things. Since inherently we do not produce this very, very
delicate equipment,” he added.
“It’s not as if the government is not making any effort to
acquire but we need to know who to acquire this technology from, where, when
and there are certain processes.”
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