The Federal government of Nigeria shocked the general Nigerian populace on Thursday when it revealed that the Nigerian Army does not have enough soldiers to protect every village in the middle belt region of the country from killer herdsmen and unknown gunmen.
The Honorable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, made the shocking revelation while speaking at a town hall meeting in Abuja on the farmers and herdsmen’ clashes on Thursday.
He said: “The National Emergency Management Authority, NEMA, is redesigning the settlements in the villages to bring more communities together so that people don’t live too far apart. Otherwise, we don’t have enough security to guard every settlement. Unless you have units of 10 or 11 soldiers to guard each village, there is no way that the current security network can cover the needs of villagers who may be attacked in the afternoon or night. That was one of the things we studied on Tuesday.”
The Nigerian Army ended the Operation Ayem Akpatuma “Cat Race”, few days ago, in Benue, Kogi and Taraba state. The Operation was designed to halt the killing spree in the middle belt region of the country.
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