{"id":23386,"date":"2021-04-19T15:02:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T14:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=23386"},"modified":"2021-04-19T15:02:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T14:02:19","slug":"ex-dss-director-speaks-on-banditry-cases-reveals-the-cause-of-reduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/19\/ex-dss-director-speaks-on-banditry-cases-reveals-the-cause-of-reduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-DSS director speaks on banditry cases, reveals the cause of reduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Mike Ejiofor, former Director of the Department of State Services has linked the recent reduction in cases of banditry across the country to the Ramadan fasting currently being observed across the country.<\/p>\n<p>This claim was made by the former Director of the department of state services,\u00a0Ejiofor during an interview on Channels Television on Monday April 19.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that some of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/17\/policeman-killed-council-chairman-escapes-as-bandits-attack-taraba-lgs\/\">bandits<\/a> pray and are also religious people.<\/p>\n<p>The former DSS Director said;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cIt (banditry) is not coming down. There\u2019s a lull, especially in the North-West; you know we are observing fasting now. So that\u2019s responsible for what we think is a lull in the issues of banditry, especially in the North-West where it is very prevalent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of them too pray. They are religious people. They don\u2019t come from the sky. At times, they also want to pray to God. Even an armed robber will pray to God to save him from his operations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Mike Ejiofor, former Director of the Department of State Services has linked the recent reduction in cases of banditry across the country to the Ramadan fasting currently being observed across the country. 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