Nigeria under siege, NBA tells Tinubu
In its determination to clear troubled regions of Plateau State of criminal activities, troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) under Hakorin Damisa IV, have discovered an isolated weapons fabrication factory in Pakachi Village, Mangu Local Council of Plateau State.
This was as the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) decried the level of insecurity in Nigeria.
During a clearance operation on the mountainous terrain, a significant number of illicit firearms and related equipment were recovered and one suspect apprehended.
According to a statement, yesterday, by the Media Information Officer of OPSH, Capt. Oya James, the operation resulted in the arrest of Tapshak Plangji, a 25-year-old man, suspected to be involved in the illegal activities at the factory.
Suspected owner of the facility, Nuhu Meshack, is at large and efforts are underway to bring him to justice.
Items recovered from the facility include five AK-47 rifles, four AK 47 magazines, 11 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, five rounds of 9mm ammunition, 21 Dane guns, four revolver rifles, 11 pistols with five magazines, 17 gun barrels, six rounds of 0.44in ammunition, a carbide cylinder with accessories and one Tiger power generator.
Plangji, along with the recovered rifles and other items, are currently in the custody of the troops for further investigation.
ADDRESSING journalists in Abuja, yesterday, the President of NBA, Yakubu Maikyau, in company of other national officers of the association, said: “Nigeria is under siege.”
In a letter entitled, ‘State of the Nation’, addressed to President Bola Tinubu and dated February 14, 2024, the body of Nigerian lawyers articulated its position on three broad issues: insecurity, administration of justice and the economy.
Maikyau, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said the “challenges of insecurity are in alarming proportions.”
He chronicled the “ravaging activities of bandits, terrorists and the scourge of kidnapping for ransom” as threats to Nigeria’s sovereign.
These criminal activities, he said, have left many Nigerians homeless and businesses destroyed.
The letter warned that many Nigerians were losing confidence in the government’s capacity to deal with the security situation in Nigeria.
He recommended a government-people engagement that would inform Nigerians about the government’s efforts to secure the country.
