The presidency has clarified why Nigeria’s security agencies cannot simply bomb forest enclaves where bandits are believed to be hiding, despite growing public calls for heavy military strikes against criminal groups across the North.
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said security forces must act within the law and international rules of engagement, as many of the locations identified as bandit hideouts also contain civilians, farmlands, and communities that cannot be indiscriminately targeted..Read original/full details