The National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), says intelligence reports at his disposal show that certain individuals are “making capital” out of kidnapping and other criminal acts in the country.
Monguno warned such individuals to desist from such or face the full wrath of the law.
The retired general stated this Tuesday while briefing reporters shortly after the National Security Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The NSA disclosed that President Buhari urged him and the new service chiefs to redouble their efforts to overcome insurgency, banditry and other criminal activities.
“Of course, the president still remains concerned about the level of security, which seems to be cascading for the worse. Given the fact that we have a new organisation with new service chiefs, the president has charged all of us to redouble our efforts, especially in view of the occurrences of the last couple of weeks.
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“Now, I need to stress also that there are individuals in this country who have assumed a status that is beyond what they should be. The intelligence from our own sources, the intelligence at my disposal and the disposal of the other intelligence hence, reveals that we have certain entities, certain individuals who are making capital out of insecurity, especially kidnapping.
“This is a situation that has to be brought to an end and I’m sending a warning to anybody who is hiding beneath a veneer of some status, whether official, in terms of an official capacity or traditional or religious, to stoke the flames of disorder will have himself to blame,” Monguno said.
He added that the security agencies have placed non-state actors fomenting trouble in different parts of the nation under surveillance.