The National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s formal classification of bandits, armed non-state actors, and other criminal gangs as terrorists is a significant and transformative shift in Nigeria’s national security policy.
The Centre also described the classification as a deliberate policy and legal re-categorisation by the President of a sovereign nation, with significant implications.
National Coordinator of the Centre, Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, said the President’s move would pave the way for a strategic, more unified, and forceful response to the multifaceted violent crisis plundering the country.
Laka spoke on Tuesday at an end-of-year interactive session with the media themed: “Strengthening trust, accuracy and partnership in counter terrorism reporting.”
He said both international a
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