THE GUARDIAN
As Nigeria continues to search for solutions for the pervasive insecurity in the country, especially kidnapping and banditry, experts in the security space have expressed divergent opinions o
This is even as gunmen have reportedly invaded Army Post Housing Estate, Kurudu, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and abducted two persons. Kurudu, one of the communities in the outskirts of Abuja, shares boundary with Nasarawa State.
The incident occurred barely two days after the police high command launched a major operation against kidnappers and bandits in Abuja general area.
The police have been mum over the incident, which reportedly happened about 10.00pm in the Phase Two area of the estate on Thursday. Spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, declined comment on the incident, urging newsmen to contact the army on the incident.
A source at the Guards Brigade, the major protectors of the seat of power and the president, also declined to comment on the matter. With the launch of a Special Intervention Squad (SIS) in the FCT to address the increasing spate of insecurity in the territory, residents had thought that the end of the kidnapping spree had come but the latest incident has proved them wrong.
However, security experts in the country sharply differed on the Federal Government’s plan to deploy Forest Guards with better training, modern technological gadgets and weapons to strengthen the security situation in the country.
