The National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno says the Federal Government will apply its full weight to deal with the criminals and will not be blackmailed by any group of people into negotiating with those who threaten the nation’s peace.
The NSA who spoke on Thursday at a State House briefing in Aso Villa, Abuja, said the present administration is not interested in negotiation with bandits, terrorists, and other criminal elements terrorizing the country.
He argued that dialoguing with insurgents paints the government as weak and incapable.
He stated that the government is tackling the problem of insecurity, and that there are two phases in solving this problem –the soft approach: talking, negotiating, and so on and so forth.
He added that the government has to apply its weight, that force that is required pointing out that you can’t even talk with people who are unreliable , who will turn out to do a different thing and people who will continue to hurt society.
He added that “If along the line, some of the bandits are ready to come out and talk and negotiate, when the time comes, government will do that but for now, they can’t keep on dwelling on ‘Let’s dialogue.
Monguno said further that Nigeria is faced with a new type of (asymmetrical) war, adding that issues of a gross deficiency in equipment and lack of personnel have played a part in the way things are at the moment.
He, however, believes that the change of security chiefs brings a ray of hope and will help fix all lapses that may exist.
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