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another group of students has been abducted in northern nigeria while under rose i've got the government but what's behind this recent rise in kidnappings and how challenging are they to president obama this is the inside story. welcome to the program. nigeria's school kidnappings have become a major security challenge for his government and security forces at least 700

students have been abducted in northern states is this somebody of that figure is changing every day with reports of more attacks and abductions dozens of students managed to escape a raid on monday while their 3 teachers were taken it happened in the northwestern kaduna state and it's the 1st such attack on a primary school gangs locally known as bandits suspected they usually seek. to release the victims but the government denies bang any money president obama is facing mounting criticism for the rise in violent crime. let's take a look at some of the attacks that's happened in the past few months many of the victims have since been released more than 300 boys were abducted from a school in katsina state in december in february there were mass abductions within

10 days that killed at least one student and earlier this month 39 citizens were reported missing arson attack on a college in the northwest in kaduna state the number of kidnappings in nigeria has been since boko haram is 2014 of the action of hundreds of schoolgirls in chibok many of them are still missing as. has been following this story for months has this update from kaduna banditry and kidnapping for ransom in northern nigeria has now become big business the biggest of course the fastest growing criminal enterprise in nigeria right here is a school where 5 days ago 39 students were kidnapped although 180 have been rescued on day one after they were taken we've gone through the school run the school and show how these infiltrators attackers launched into the school now the government of state says it's not negotiating with the criminals and it insisted that the

military option is the best option to deal with criminality in northern nigeria meanwhile parents here in connecticut parents of students taken are still missing from this institution are still asking for the government to do whatever is necessary to bring their children back home now the problem of insecurity in northwestern niger and other parts of nigeria as well is because of a lack of proper funding of the security forces they're understaffed and they could and of course and they're motivated according to some security analysts and also another factor being outlined by certain individuals certain security analysts in nigeria is issue of negotiating with criminals to release hostages a lot of people feel that this is encouraging. more and more people to go into the criminal activity knowing full well that in the end it's either a sick process just negotiated for them or they are paid right some in huge amounts or that they can go back and we launch more sophisticated attacks on our nigeria's dealing with so many problems and this problem is really really spreading fast

across northwest niger across the rest of the north across central europe and it's moving and taking roots in the south of the country as well i mean to greece for insight story. i. let's bring in our gas all of whom are joining us from nigeria in a. edge you for his former director of nigeria state securities service legace any deli there ever says fellow at the university of edinburgh center for african studies also in abuja and here. with a team advice watch warm welcome to you all mike what is happening in could do now has it become the breeding ground for armed groups and bandits well. fortunately it's. such it's a tricky police only. equipped to the orse it's serious.

especially when scoots. work won't. work this response. in the article suits. your record of. the city governments into norquist or for. example cuts. in our state's only. let me take sean to live you should it's very dangerous we're also because of the rising we're going to fall into your leadership in the. military justice which was a certain about probably. never met the more we. know more really. which is the number of can't do the work to.

provoke the bidens. so. it gives the dresses before we go into detail with that particular issue of settlements where the bandits in the northwestern part of the country in a we have seen a pattern been established in northwestern nigeria with all those banned this moving forward attacking elementary and primary schools and the question is normally should expect the police and the army to be deployed launch a preemptive attacks gather intelligence and prevent such incident from happening which doesn't seem to be the case here. and i think old school crews are scrutiny or. security the entire security architecture of the country i think so far the only appreciable touchup to the current administration's take him to the stand the son current time to from attacks

an abduction. individuals that learns to shoot in the move of nigeria has been so slow can change security chiefs which itself is an arm is a sign that the government's just run out of ideas on how to deal with because so far we have seen. people. who are changing security g.'s a stone little if nothing. at all to stop the son of the state of abductions and so i think the security. architecture of the country has to be looked at quite. studiously. and here to put this into perspective we're talking about the northwestern part of the country millions of people now are affected in some far could do in a sea in a supporter and. this is huge and this requires

a state initiative which doesn't seem to be the case also here. absolutely i think who we are and talk about the dynamics of their conflicts or restiveness cindy's areas but we hardly you know really put a length at the human impact beyond the abductions of these 200 which in essence i tried can and should be stopped but i think it's the wider impact on society you know parents who would fear to send their children to school i'm state governments who have no choice but to shut down schools and there needs to be a lot of attention paid on what this will do for our education for access to education in the northern part of the country where the literacy rate is already very low as you may know 90 area has the highest number of out of school children anywhere in the world and about 70 percent of the 10500000 students who are. out

of school in this country are in the north so when we look at the immediate impact on famines we look at parents who are afraid for the safety and security of their children and parents who are afraid that they will never have their kids come back after they've been abducted we also look at this wider impact that is more telling who are the source economic consequences for families and individuals living in that. 90 states mike are we talking here just about bandits controlling those areas in northwestern part of the country or are we talking about different key players now stepping in particular groups are figurative with the islamic state in the greatest the heart of the. us and al qaeda affiliate and some splinter groups over itself. well for now

no muses does not mean in the established. between a. good book or around or the i cease would despondence books or just schools would kind of lead them because google around if you recall says i was an addition to somebody so it's just up cause these will be elite that i wanted to get i don't also forget that there was a. lot of liberal sponsibility eventually independence the matter. was not sold out. but i think the allegation is just to create i don't buy despondence to discredit graham it's a me to comment. because i think if the outcome of tuning to say yes this is what we want our i do want someone to go there who were saying the answer yes this

needs to be talked to the need to be bigger should sit well before you think of. the most competent as there are to successfully what will they have not been able to call on tipping to say yes we have our program and our quote meant needs it's policy that on the romans you need to be a lawyer what gets into we have a lot of don't come up results to aachen you know since this is especially children to join leader and student really went from school which is the intention we need to get into the root cause of this particular problem now in the northwestern part of the country in a this hostile to years ago with the traditional fight between the dozen the farmers and on demand took advantage of the. chaotic situation and the sense of it purity which was prevailing and gather themselves and form the band is that

we see it operating on the ground now what do you think should be done to tackle this particular problem it looks on the surface as if this is something about ben this doesn't seem to be the case but yes i think i think you 5 have done so uncertain and so through this current crisis that i'd probably run for president because it just metastasized into something far greater than anyone could have anticipated a few i'm a couple of a couple of york years ago i think it was an interception. i think. about say about 5 or so years ago when it was just a single or c. was just single as you have the conflict between the herds and the farmers then it was a bit easier address then. a couple of other high profile sister been there

at the moment a couple of other narratives in the trunk at the moment about also the intrusion off of people related or connected to accessible my identity in the move western region of nigeria and in other parts of nigeria that i've become hopes for are full for abductions and and crushes as well between between herders and and and who to include indigenous and and and others and residents indigenous are these and these parts of nigeria and so i think it's become a bit more complicated not than just see between herders and france but of course some so it's you the topic of land land of land city and of course under encroachments of off the sahara on our own land in in nigeria and dumb as and and major is an mit middle belt region is on definitely still

remains the central the central central. topic interest in the sun. and then comes and this is going to be my question to any it event comes illegal mining in that particular area and the rush to take control of gold mines has resulted in people establishing themselves in some sort of a not the operating on the ground so powerful so influential of the government is basically doing nothing to stop them say it but this together with the farmers heard the issue with the band is coming together no i would be able to tackle this problem. i mean you're absolutely right it is an enormous problem like you need pointed out there are no immediate solutions that come to mind but i think 2 things for me are very important and we've seen one are going to feel in these 2 things the 1st of which is you know really ensuring accountability for

attacks against citizens whether it's by militias or it's by these powerful banded groups or it is by you know people who are these are is no mining infrastructure whatever the case you know if there is a sense that when such attacks happen whether it's kidnapping or it's cattle rustling or or it's just pitted that there are arrests that people are prosecuted that communities see that justice is being done and more people are not forced to endure tick up arms to protect themselves and in essence form their own militias and and carry out other crimes i think we would see some sort of headway in in terms of deterrence people who will know that there are consequences for their actions and they will not continue with the sort of impunity i mean we've had over

5 mass abductions in december that it is scary that is these are numbers that the shouldn't just brush away and it definitely is one that you are dorothy's have a duty to tuck in and of course we also have a situation where debbie's underlined point is that many of the other speakers are spoken there is a lot of our poverty in many of these communities and there's a total lack of government as in terms of provision of basic necessities and infrastructure and this often puts citizens at odds with the government there is a sense of hatred and bitterness that pushes many individuals to the brink of committing these crimes and and finding these. also or that they tracked in peace and security all right mike as a former director of nigeria's state security service would you just like you to get us closer to the mindset of the security apparatus in your country is normally

when a nation faces such a challenge the leader of the nation talks to the top generals and police officers and says this is an ultimate act of humiliation for our nation and this must stop therefore 0 tolerance what is happening in your country is totally the opposite local politicians army police officers offering bribes incentives vehicles trucks and a ministry is for the bandits under one condition stop those attacks what happens the next day is more attacks and one of the actions. yeah i have. sure. that special so to speak on negotiation would be abundance but would you like to see if you can cheat when you believe you're going to get into well for no use if. you live to talk about the group to be shifty. people should deal with departments now that the federal government says no more and the recission want to buy these

sort of like i'm not asking for it you sort of kind to open. the shipping with bonds i did extra special for the old so what we need to do you gentle secretes the money issue a secret. dr phil show that he was the big fish got to be released on a drug on the tracks it gives pardons because if you go to relief just by the release that the well reading. we're out of it most of the nobody wants. us all right. to push its reach under government was about the drug drop or more. it's but and if for the time being there's absolutely 0 trust in the security forces in nigeria we've seen beth throughout the past few months with the outcry against the cop option against the clamp down on him or vice

activists across the nation. if if the police establishment is widely seen as corrupt and inefficient understaffed doesn't have the resources to tackle this nominee why should we reset the whole oppression why should we start from the local communities i think i think it's good in the short term that might be. that might be the way the state and i think. especially considering the. current mood across the nation with of the general feeling being that the president mohammed who biharis are giving nigerians the silent treatment communities are taking on themselves to. defend themselves to protect themselves to the. to protect. life life and property across or across the border and done i think this is something that's been going on for years on in all fairness to the current time

of this regime in terms of. the existence of liverpool. police and units or whatever you wish to call them in the north of nigeria you have the local vigilantes and no it isn't his bar. and ideas just before we had him in the southwestern region we had for a p.c. the people peoples our congress and we have a cousin who is as well in the east of the of the country and we are seeing lunacy not maybe not is our resurgence of these of the know who vigilantes sensually in the east now you have. security network e.s.n. and john i think what we can see moving forward is around much as. we can see

and an increase in the emergence of various atlanta and atlanta groups it's a look at the government's sales. still to come until it's of the villains and of the protection of our allies and properties of niger ok i'm here to this is our president well i'm a double harry who have a unique opportunity. to move forward take the issue of reform or security apparatus put an end to use to billet to and groups a step further that didn't happen what we've seen so far series of cosmetic so you sions placebo's no going deeper into the heart of the matter should we blame him personally for this massive failure which is happening now in nigeria. i mean it is happening under his leadership so there's not a lot of places to pass the ball it merely lands on his his temple. i think 1st and foremost there needs to be an honest honest discussion about the capacity of the

nigerian military and nigerian and all of the other security agencies to be able to ensure peace and security across the country and even beyond that we need to understand what are some of the what have been the cause of some of your feelings it is only by you know addressing a problem that you never find a solution but i think that the constant. the constant narrative that the president and those under him have tried to push that the military the police are at their best and they are winning the war whether it's a good surgeons in the market or they're at the under top of your game in the northwest is is false and citizens can see through that and it says a lot of trucks in him and in his in his government mike if you look at your country. i wish you could talk to me from your own past experience director of

nigeria state security service borders with which our poor us no control whatsoever but as being smuggled or the way active groups operating on the ground are figurative with all kind with boko haram with the islamic state banned this taking advantage of the situation. in launching daring attacks of the heart of some of the states in the northwest and in the some part of the country this is nigeria one of the richest nations on earth what's happening there well. it's actually me just telling some of me just telling us what seemed to come because. you can see people really. but this little gun. because we're going hard to the morgue. so paul wanted to let loose on the site you remember because protocol which i lost

reading. about states that's it better to be chilling on there without looking at you strike to check these. idiots it good to be a bigger problem but besides it's google is the international relations. or security jurist this is the we the serious car coming to nigeria i don't create the right solution would be lookouts who we need to look at look at. our security official yes look at how it did we get a sense you know. who actually most was to be in the country did of course thank you about this or yes indeed by the you know mike on the end of the day on a rich nation one of the biggest producers of oil in the african continent and all over the world with that those are the news from oil you can buy some of the most sophisticated weaponry is and also technological devices to monitor the border and

to prevent such he imitating must cannot things from happening mike and you for in italy i did and i need you to it one thank you very much indeed for your insight every day if you shift your time. thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our web site as you know dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our 100 is a.j. inside sort of for me how should i what i'm the entire team here live for.

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