Nigerian Government has announced fresh measures to deal with criminal elements wreaking havoc across the country.
The measures were disclosed on Monday by the Honourable Minister of Information And National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, at the End-Of-Year Press Conference, held in Abuja.
Idris, who spoke on the release of all the schoolchildren abducted in Niger State, said the government had established, in 2025, a new national counter-terrorism doctrine.
He said the doctrine is anchored on four critical pillars: unified command, intelligence, community stability, and counterinsurgency.
He said, “Let me be clear about what this means: That henceforth, any armed group that kidnaps our children, attacks our farmers, or terrorizes our communities is officially classified and will be dealt with as a terrorist organization. The era of ambiguous nomenclature is over!”
On the released students of the last batch of the kidnapped students, the Minister said with this development “it can be confirmed that all the abducted pupils, numbering 230, have been freed.”
“Not a single pupil is left in captivity due to the efforts of our security agencies,” he said while attributing the rescue to efforts of security agencies.
“In this joyous season, the Federal Government empathizes with the parents of the pupils for the anguish the abduction has caused them, and wishes them a pleasant family reunion, a good healing process, Compliments of the Season and a Merry Christmas,” he further stated.