Following the terrorist attack on the Kuje Correctional facility on July 5, as well as other attacks recorded nationwide, the Federal Government is considering a ban on the use of motorcycles and mining activities.
The Ministers of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; Justice Abubakar Malami and Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed this shortly after Thursday’s Security Council meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, Punch reports.
The cabinet members were, however, silent on whether the ban would be nationwide or restricted to the affected regions of the country.
According to them, the Council is considering both measures to cut off funding and logistics which the terrorists have leveraged to execute their nefarious activities.
Malami revealed that the use of motorcycles allowed the terrorists to move around funds sourced from mining and channelled to purchase arms.
The federal government, he said, was now considering ways to block the sources already identified.
The Minister of Justice also noted that the terrorists have since evolved their financing techniques to mining and ransom-taking, necessitating the government’s intervention.
On his part, the Minister of Interior, Aregbesola, said despite the extensive intelligence gathered before the attack on the Kuje Correctional Center, the terrorists succeeded because “there was no will to act.”
He revealed that President Buhari has received a report on the preliminary investigation of the Kuje attack and officers who have been found to renege on their responsibilities would be punished.
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