NIGERIA IS CURRENTLY FACING ITS MOST SERIOUS SECURITY CRISIS SINCE THE CIVIL WAR - FG

According to the Federal Government, the current wave of insecurity is the greatest threat to Nigeria's peace and security since the civil war.

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, stated this on Monday, September 5, during a joint security conference in Abuja.

"The security challenges have been daunting," he says, citing terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, separatist violence, crude oil theft, armed robbery, and other crimes. It is without a doubt the greatest threat to our great nation's peace and security since the civil war of 1967-1970.

It is the type of challenge that would have overwhelmed many nations, but thanks to President Muhammadu Buhari's determined leadership, we can say, and I repeat, that the worst is over, and peace and security are gradually returning to the land.

Please do not misinterpret or misrepresent this statement. We may still see isolated cases of security issues here and there, but not on the scale that we have seen in the past.

Terrorists, bandits, and others can flee but cannot hide, as evidenced by the arrest of those responsible for an attack on a church in Owo. These criminals can flee but cannot hide, as evidenced by the slaughter of the cowards who ambushed the Brigade of Guards troops in Abuja.

"I am confident that you will hear from my colleagues about how our military and other security agencies have decimated the top echelons of ISWAP and Boko Haram, how armed bandits camps and resources have been destroyed, and how the capacity of (POB/ESN has been significantly reduced."