Reading the bandit report Nigeria spent a decade ignoring

It is a plain and clinical excavation of how a country allowed a small seed of neglect to grow into a vast industry of violence. What began as a whisper in the forests matured into a roar that now dominates the security terrain of the North-West. There, they met pastoralist groups like the Kungiyar Gayu who claimed they were resisting extortion by security agencies, the seizure of grazing routes and a judicial system that favoured the powerful.

Author: Punch Newspapers

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