Some university lecturers have said the practice of releasing and returning arrested bandits back to the communities is undermining the fight against banditry in the country. The lecturers also tasked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to charge his service chiefs to deepen the use of non-kinetic methods to reduce banditry in the country.
The university lecturers made the assertions in a statement issued at the end of a research they conducted in some parts of the country, including the Northwest, Northcentral, Southeast and Southwest zones. The research was conducted by Professor Olajide Akanji , Professor Rasidi Okunola, Professor Bentina Mathias, Professor Bukola Adesina, Dr Nathaniel Danjibo, Professor Adebimpe Adenugba and Professor Oludayo Tade.
The researchers said, 'While banditry has led to displacement, unemployment and poverty in some of the affected communities, the affected people want the government to also adopt non-kinetic alongside with kinetic approach by building community resilience through the provision of communication gadgets to community members for the purpose of gathering intelligence and reporting incidences.
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