A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, Abdulrahoof Bello, has said that the non-declaration of bandits as terrorists by the Federal Government is a major challenge in addressing the renewed wave of insecurity in Nigeria.
Bello made this statement on Wednesday during an interview on ‘Sunrise Daily’, a programme on Channels Television.
“I’m not aware of any law enacted by the National Assembly declaring bandits as terrorists and that gap makes it difficult to treat them as such.
This is a major lacuna, especially considering the kind of decisive action President Donald Trump expects from the government of Nigeria.”
The APC chieftain urged the Federal Government to make amendments to the constitution and return the country to a regional system of administration.
He described this as a “factory setting” that would return the country to the path of prosperity.
“The solution to insecurity in Nigeria is to go back to the factory setting — regionalism,” he added.