Former Chief of Defence Training and Planning, General Ishola Williams (retd) has said that Nigeria has the capacity to confront the security challenges ravaging it.
General Williams expressed this optimism on Friday, when he was answering questions on ‘Sunrise Daily’, a programme on Channels Television.
According to him, the insecurity issue could be tackled within six months.
“We can solve the security problem in six months,” he stated.
Bandits’ attacks have been reported in different parts of the country, with the latest being the attack on a mosque in Katsina State, where over 30 worshippers were killed.
Banditry has been linked to conflicts over land and other resources.
Armed gangs have turned cattle theft, kidnapping and imposing taxes on farmers into huge moneymakers across the impoverished countryside, where residents said the government’s presence has been inadequate.
