It has been revealed that bandits and insurgents operating in
the northern part of the country are brought in by helicopters along
with their weapons of destruction most likely from foreign country
countries.
This was revealed at a senate meeting in Abuja yesterday.
A debate was held following a motion moved by Senator Barnabas Gemade
from Benue State over the spate of deadly violence in parts of the
North.
During the debate, Senator Abu Ibrahim from Katsina revealed that
attackers of some of the affected places were not local people but were
air-dropped from somewhere else along with their supplies, adding that
the local people claim seeing helicopters landing in thick forests and
dropping off supplies for the bandits.
Reacting to this, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe from Abia said Nigeria has
the right to go after the attackers to the countries they are coming
from since they already know that helicopters were used to bring in the
insurgents.
Many of the senators called for a decentralised policing system so
that communities can protect themselves, adding that the rate of
killings by Boko Haram insurgents and by other elements has reached an
alarming state, and that there may be some hidden hands sponsoring the
violence for some ulterior motives.
It was learnt that some of the people once held in the camp of Boko
Haram corroborated the stories of helicopters landing and taking off at
the camps, providing arms and ammunition to the insurgents.
Though it is yet unknown where the helicopters are coming from, a
senior security official hinted that a possible place could be Libya and
the disarray in Libya could be responsible.
When contacted, Director of Defence Information Major General Chris
Olukolade said the relevant security and intelligence network in the
country are already working on this information
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