Nigeria’s Northern Governors Have Turned Killings, Banditry Into Business –President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Shettima

Shettima, who spoke with SaharaReporters, also blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for not taking definitive steps to end banditry and insurgency in the region.

President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Yerima Shettima, has accused Northern governors of turning banditry and killings in the region into business by not doing what is necessary.

Shettima, who spoke with SaharaReporters, also blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for not taking definitive steps to end banditry and insurgency in the region.

He attributed the incessant killings to poor leadership in the region.

He said, “The renewed attack emanated from lack of leadership, those who are saddled with responsibilities are not serious.

“What does it take our security forces if not that everything has been politicized and some of them take it as a business that they make so much money out of it. What does it take to wipe off this banditry?

“It is because there is no political will. It has become a business where they receive money in the name of security vote; unaccounted for, non-remittable, so they just continue doing it as a business. The day they wake up and there is no banditry, automatically, no more business.”

Shettima compared the bandit attacks to Boko Haram, saying Northern governors lacked the political will to put an end to the unnecessary killings.

He said, “When there is no clear direction or policy by government to tackle the issue and with lack of political will to address issues, things will continue to metamorphose to something else.

“When the leaders lack the political will to address these issues, it becomes the order of the day and this is exactly what we are facing in the northern part of the country.

“Banditry issue is high, Nigerians are tired of hearing we will let us see it. Do it and don’t tell us, just do it because things are getting out of hand.”

Shettima said the President must immediately swing into action to end the killing in his state, noting that it the issue was not addressed, it could spread to other parts of the country.

He added, “It will be impossible until we have a government at the central willing and determined to address this issue once and for all.

“They need a political will to address this issue, otherwise, what is affecting us today will turn out to be a serious problem in other parts of the country. We must see it as our collective responsibility to fight it out, all hands must be on deck.”

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Some of these Northern elites deliberately stoked and sponsored terrorism in their region, not just for security votes but also on religious and highly political grounds.

Mohammed Yusuf, the founder of Boko Haram, was sponsored and backed by some Northern elites to destabilize a non-Northerner's administration and to resist Western education, just so Shari'ah can gain recognition. Buhari was one of the most vocal clowns who supported the propagation of Islam and Sharia'ah through the Boko Haram sect.

First, it was the killing of Southern Kaduna folks just because they chose a different faith and perhaps resisted El rufai during the guber. Then seeing that Boko Haram had kept our military boxed, they found a need to invent a mobile militia that would move around the country and wreck havoc for expansion sake.

The irony of it all is that Buhari was voted by some based on his antecedent with the Maitatsine uprising. Today, not only has he failed but has also turned the once-powerful Nigeria Army that was the cynosure of West Africa; the same that wrestled South Africa from bondage into a boy scout group. Our soldiers are not only poorly treated but under-equipped to tackle the insurgent head-on.

Chadian soldiers now command more respect than the Nigeria Army while crime has become hydr-headed more than ever. We judged wrong. Sinzu money is not interested in the welfare of Nigerians other than borrowing money from the IMF and World Bank or take to begging on Twitter.

Some key Northern players are greatly profiting from the chaos in the North and the only way to curb it in the South is to put up regional security outfits to defend themselves because Buhari's scorecard has shown that he is a failure, most importantly on security.

this boy abi man dt talks carelessly, even if he says Somtin reasonable now, I won't count it aa anything

Many of this insurgency problems have political backings.

From banditry, fulani herdsmen killers, boko haram terrorists & so on all have political undertones. That's one of the reasons why the effort of the military is always futile.
The same boko haram terrorists frustrating our military, were being rubbished by the Chadian soldiers weeks ago.

Even Katsina State, which is the President's State is not safe, how will other states be safe

na dem dem

“It is because there is no political will. It has become a business where they receive money in the name of security vote; unaccounted for, non-remittable, so they just continue doing it as a business. The day they wake up and there is no banditry, automatically, no more business.”

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Big business

True talk

No insecurity, no security votes to steal

Into politics

This country is full of wicked and heartless men.

they can kill there self it's non of our business no be then want next level

The north likes ruling others when they have not been able to rule themselves.

The only thing keeping Nigeria together is the collective hatred for Igbos. The north is on a self-destruct mode. Even Buhari, IBB and Abdulsalami (all present and past presidents) cannot stop bandits in Daura, Katasina and the entire north.

Later some people will start shouting, "Igbos hate themselves." I hope you all can see the kind of love Hausa/Fulani are showing themselves. May God never allow us show our brothers the kind of love Hausa/Fulani are showing themselves and their neighbours.

Don't quote me because if you do, I will make sure your boss sends you to bandit-ravaged Zamfara, Katsina or Sokoto to continue your work.

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this boy abi man dt talks carelessly, even if he says Somtin reasonable now, I won't count it aa anything

We are know you are pained by him saying the truth. it's not the carelessly of the man that is giving you sleepless nights but the terrorism in you. Illiterate

Wow

Ok

Those guys up North are very greedy and selfish..... That's the same way they handled Boko Haram till it becomes full blown

They’re only following their master’s orders

Amotekun don send the blood sucking idiots back

the idiot Shetima Yerima should give bandits quit notice as he gave Ibos in the North

all i always see is complain and more complains, cant a black man discuss solutions as oppose to singing the same chorus of blames and counter blames with nobody taking responsibility


I'll offer simple solutions for this going by our present constitution

*Each commiunty up north should come together and formulate a simple seciurity architecture

*A Single Barrel gun and Pump action guns cost withing N200k - to N350k ,barrel gun catridges cost 8k per pack of a dozen, Gun Lisence cost less than 50k at Police State Command Totalling 500k per fully loaded gun 500k * 4 guns = 2milion nairea per comiunity

*An Average commiunity in the north has atleast 10,000 occupants and villagers, N2,000,000 cost of arms and amunation / 10,000 vilagers = N200 per villager

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Big business up there.
I heard that shettima has opened up new "peace talks" with the bandits.

And it's as if they used the last round of killings to celebrate their grand patron's fifth year in office.

No be today naw

There is money in war/violence. The northern elites understand this and they are making use of it well.

The truth is beginning to come out.

Hardship has reset every single brain up north.

You see

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Whatever rocks their boat should be their business

The government is theirs

The headless president belongs to them

The banditry is theirs

Terrorism nko na dem get ham

They voted the current government

The battle and cry should be theirs as well