Civilian JTF vows to crush bandits in 1 year

By Priscilla Osaje

Prof. Kailani Muhammad, National Chairman, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), says if the Federal Government empowers and supports CJTF with advanced technology and equipment, it will crush bandits in one year.

Muhammad said this when Mr Charles Omini, Special Envoy/Ambassador to West Africa for International Human Rights Protection Service/Forum, presented him a Certificate of Partnership as Chairman of the West African JTF in Abuja on Saturday.

According to him, government should give the Civilian JTF necessary support to see what they will do, we will crush them.

“If actually we mean business, we know, even in the states where all these things are happening, we know their locations, we know where they are,” he said.

The CJTF chairman also urged President Bola Tinubu to sign an undertaking with all the service chiefs in collaboration with CJTF to wipe out insecurity in one year.

“We are calling on Mr President to give all the security chiefs a timeline of one year. They should sign an undertaking, and in the next one year, in collaboration, they will work with us to make sure that we wipe out insecurity in Nigeria.

“If they don’t do it, they should resign. They will bring some group to come and do the job. They should not just leave them like that. They should put them on their toes,” CJTF chairman said.

He said that the Federal Government should empower and support the CJTF necessary equipment and advanced technology to combat security challenges in the country.

“Our borders are very porous. And we know that there are about 2,000 inlets and exits around our country. So, we have already identified those routes.

“If the government can help us, we need to put CCTV as it’s obtained in Mexico now and America.

“So, these should be positioned 100 kilometres where you see the influx of these hoodlums, all these bandits coming, through intelligence. We have AI now,” Muhammad said.

Also speaking, Omini called for systematic approach and strategic collaboration among security agencies to combat insecurity confronting the country.

According to him, security is everyone’s business because we all yearn for a peaceful, safe environment. I have never seen one person winning or combating security.

“I think I will at this point call on the security heads at all levels to come up with very strong strategic collaborations and partnerships with the relevant agencies and organisations at all levels.

“Security is not what you handle by running on the street like a mad person. Security on its own has a strategic and systemic approach,” he said.