Tuesday, June 2, 2026 - Former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai (Rtd), has questioned the inability of security agencies to locate bandits in their hideouts, contrasting it with their swift tracking of ordinary citizens and social media influencers.
Speaking during an appearance on TVC, Buratai addressed
growing public frustration over the impunity of criminal gangs who openly
flaunt ransom money on social media. He challenged the narrative that these
groups are untraceable, pointing out that intelligence and tracking
capabilities used to apprehend civil offenders should similarly apply to
locating bandits.
While appearing on TVC last night, Buratai was told that one
thing that has constantly angered Nigerians is the level of impunity where
bandits come on social media to flaunt the ransom collected from families of
their victims while the security agencies have repeatedly show lack of capacity
to trace them in their hideouts.
Responding, Buratai said
‘’I don't
think they fail to locate. If they can locate ordinary citizens or social media
influencers, I don't believe they cannot locate these bandits that flaunt their
loots or their activities.''
Buratai said there is need for capacity building for all the
security agents so they can work effective because bandits have deviced a new
means to carry out their attacks and become emboldened in showing off their
proceeds of crime.
Watch Buratai speaking below
If security agencies are able to locate ordinary citizens, I believe they can also locate terrorists - Former Chief of Staff TUKUR BURATAI pic.twitter.com/t4WOfVrnV0
— DAILY POST 🇳🇬 (@dailypost_ng) June 2, 2026
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