THe Urgency of Tackling Nigeria’s Security Situation, By Nasir El-Rufai

No one who is in a position of responsibility can deny the necessity for firm action in the form of proactive and sustained offensives against the criminals who menace us. Such security operations will not only cripple the outlaws, but will also reassure ordinary citizens, bolster the morale of the security agencies and provide an alternative focus for the energies that are being dissipated on fractious endeavours.

The situation in which the security agencies mostly only react to cases of banditry and abduction is unacceptable. We are in a war with these…