By Kingston Magare 2.6.2026
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai (rtd), said he is not buying suggestions by Nigerian security agencies they cannot trace bandits and terror groups who openly share their contents of horror on social media platforms.
Buratai who was in charge of the army during the reign of President Muhammadu Buhari argued that if security agencies can locate social media influencers who go against the government and get them arrested, they can equally locate the bandits.
“I don’t think they failed to locate. If they can locate ordinary citizens or social media influencers, I don’t believe they can locate these bandits that flaunt their loot or whatever activities they do,” he said while speaking during an interview on TVC.
“I would not like to say it is a capacity-building challenge, but I think they may have their reasons,” he said.
He added that there is a need for government to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture through continuous training, recruitment and improved welfare for security personnel.
“There must be capacity building of all the security agencies, and continuously,” he said. “There is a need for more operatives. We need more troops to be recruited, more operatives and more policemen.
“They should be trained and retrained. Their welfare is very important. Let us have good accommodation. They must have good accommodation,” he said.