{"id":18836,"date":"2021-04-08T08:26:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T07:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=18836"},"modified":"2021-04-08T08:26:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T07:26:42","slug":"like-niger-delta-militants-repentant-bandits-should-be-rehabilitated-says-ango-abdullahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/08\/like-niger-delta-militants-repentant-bandits-should-be-rehabilitated-says-ango-abdullahi\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Niger Delta militants, repentant bandits should be rehabilitated, says Ango Abdullahi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Ango Abdullahi has stated that bandits willing to repent should be offered options for rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>This statement was made by the Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum while making a presentation at the northern people\u2019s summit in Kaduna on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi said the government should only go after those who do not want to desist from crime.<\/p>\n<p>He also suggested that the government resolves the crisis involving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/07\/suspected-bandits-kill-two-riot-policemen-at-taraba-checkpoint-cart-away-rifles\/\">bandits<\/a>, like it did with Niger Delta militants who were offered amnesty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose elements that show a genuine willingness to abandon criminality should be rehabilitated and integrated. Those who insist on pursuing criminality should be stoutly resisted by the Nigerian state and by communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who attack and kill northerners must be stopped and be prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire phenomenon of armed criminality requires bold steps and policies to deal with it, and we should examine these and make our recommendations to those with responsibility to implement them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven at this stage, however, I have to say that dealing with criminality, poverty, and destitution in the north will require a national effort to mitigate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nation needs to prepare to consider massive investment in human capital development, infrastructure, and basic security if it will reverse the rising tide of frustrations, destitution and criminality which afflicts most of the north.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who see this as an unnecessary concession to the region need to be reminded that this was precisely the approach that substantially resolved the Niger Delta militancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe north needs not make this demand in hushed tones, or apologise for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said banditry, insurgency, cultism, piracy and irredentism are threats to the nation, and they must be treated with a mindset that appreciates their roots, complexities and solutions in a national context.<\/p>\n<p>He called on federal and northern state governments to design and implement plans for the domestication of herders, and also promote policies to improve the quality of life of Fulani herder communities.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Nigerian state \u201cmust come to terms with the reality that its legitimate monopoly over the use of violence has been severely damaged, and it cannot build straw fences around communities to give them a false sense of security\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi added that it\u2019s time to re-evaluate the current security arrangements and address limitations which encourage criminality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Ango Abdullahi has stated that bandits willing to repent should be offered options for rehabilitation. 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