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CITAD Teams Up with ROSA Luxemburg Foundation to Address Armed Banditry in Northern Nigeria
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), in collaboration with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, hosted a Knowledge Production Dialogue on Thursday at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
The dialogue aimed to shed light on the pressing issues of youth involvement in armed banditry in the region.
Aminu Yunusa, from the Sociology Department of the institution, presented a paper titled “An Appraisal of the Causes and Consequences of Youth Involvement in Armed Banditry in Kaduna State, Northwestern Nigeria (2012-2022).”
The University Don stated that banditry is a serious crime that poses a security challenge to democratic governance and peaceful coexistence in Nigeria.
“Bandits often terrorize communities in the North West region. Their activities include kidnapping, arson, shooting, rape, cattle rustling, killing, and looting.”
Yunusa emphasized the harmful impact of continuous youth engagement in armed banditry on the residents of Kaduna state. He attributed this involvement to factors such as youth unemployment, greed, poverty, substance abuse, peer influence, and the existence of ungoverned spaces.
He said, “The highest portion of every conflict or violence that took place in Northwest Nigeria is perpetrated by the youth. All the conflicts, including banditry and kidnapping, are carried out mostly by youth between 16 and 30 years old. Quite often, poverty and inequality, lack of education, unemployment, and lack of economic opportunities, among other issues, have been identified as the main factors leading vulnerable youth into joining violent extremist groups in their communities.”
His recommendations included the establishment of community policing structures, collaboration between media, community leaders, and the government to educate the youth about the dangers of banditry, and fostering law-abiding behavior.
Also in her presentation titled “Youth and Banditry in the Northwest Region: An Insight into the Learning Process,” Dr. Halima Sa’adiya Adamu from the Department of Political Science and International Relations highlighted the widespread impact of banditry on economic and human development in the northwest region.
Dr. Halima also said the effect of banditry is extensive. In addition to complicating the security crisis in the country, it has also increased the incidence of forced migration, food insecurity, cattle rustling, destruction of property, health challenges, displacement, humanitarian crises, and death.
She said the growth rate of these crimes can be attributed to unemployment, poverty, and poor education, stressing that deliberate efforts must be put in place to transform the politics and government systems to be more responsive to the needs of their people.
She noted that parents and the government play pivotal roles in the involvement of young individuals in this menace.
Her recommendations included fostering better communication between parents and children, community-driven initiatives, youth participation in decision-making processes, improving educational quality, creating conducive entrepreneurial environments, and organizing capacity-building seminars.
Some research by international organizations, such as the recent one conducted by Action Aid Nigeria, shows that Nigeria has witnessed about 95 percent of conflicts, including thuggery, banditry, kidnapping, killings, cattle rustling, and thuggery, mainly carried out by youth.
The incidence of banditry in Nigeria is a growing phenomenon that gravely threatens human security. It is prevalent in the North West geopolitical region of the country but has the potential to expand into transnational crime.
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Fake Lecturers Arrested in BUK for Trespass and Cheating
Security operatives in Bayero University, Kano have arrested two persons parading themselves as lecturers and selling books to unsuspecting level one fresh students.
The two persons, whose pictures appear here introduced themselves as David Iluebe from Edo State and Chike E. Eke from Delta State, surreptitiously entered a lecture hall at the Faculty of Engineering of the university and introduced themselves to fresh100 level students as Lecturers of the Department. Thereafter, they presented a set of four different textbooks on Use of English, Statistics, Nigerian People and Culture, and lastly, Algebra and Geometry Mathematics threatening the students to purchase these books as a requirement for their Continuous Assessment (CA) otherwise they’ll fail their courses.
The apprehensive Students present in the hall responded by buying several copies to meet up the course requirement. Nemesis however, caught up with them when the security operatives swoop in on them following a report. The two persons were however, arrested on 25th July, 2024 by the security operatives for suspected criminal trespass, Impersonation and cheating.
During preliminary investigation, the suspects claimed that they were the authors of the books they were selling to the students and they confessed to all the allegations leveled against them, revealing that they were hustling to make a living due to lack of job. The suspects further disclosed that this was the second time they were coming to the state, having been to the Kano State Polytechnic earlier this year.
The set of books found in their possession were all of poor quality believed to have been pirated. This is clearly a very disturbing emerging trend in our tertiary institutions which are being invaded by crooks and charlatans masquerading as academicians in order to dupe and exploit our unsuspecting students. Meanwhile, the suspects will be handed over to the Police for further appropriate action, while our students would be further sensitized on this ugly development, please.
In a statement signed by secretary information and publication of the university Bala Abdullahi said the Management of Bayero University, Kano wishes to inform the students and the general public to be wary of such impersonators and that surveillance has been beefed up in the University to avert the reoccurrence of such an ugly incident.
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Nation Wide Protest Begins From Abuja-Sowore Tackles Wike
Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has dared Nyesom Wike, Minister of the FCT, for saying that Abuja is not available for protest on August 1.
Sowore in a post on his X handle on Friday said the proposed nationwide protests will start from Abuja.
He said: “It is starting from and in Abuja!”
Sowore’s statement comes after Wike said that August 1 had been set aside for the chairmen of the six Area Councils of the FCT to give out certificates of recognition to their traditional rulers.
The Minister gave the warning while briefing journalists on the outcome of the FCT Security Council meeting in Abuja on Thursday.
Reports says that some Nigerians are mobilising for nationwide protest slated for August 1 to August 10, 2024.
Tagged #EndBadGovernace, organisers of the protest have lamented about widespread hunger and inflation in the country.
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Robbers Gunned Down While Attempting To Snatch Jeep In Abuja
Two suspected armed robbers were shot dead while attempting to snatch a Prado Jeep at gunpoint in the Jahi area of Abuja, the nation’s capital.
CP Benneth Igweh, disclosed this to newsmen while parading two arrested members of the robbery gang at the command in Abuja, on Friday.
He said this happened around 10:45 pm on Thursday, when a four-men robbery engaged the operatives who were on crime prevention patrol led by DPO of Mabushi police division in a fierce gun battle.
According to him, the four-men robbery gang on sighting the police operatives opened fire, which resulted in a gun duel where two among the robbers were neutralized.
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