AS part of measures to tackle terror and the current insurgency in the north eastern part of the country, the Federal Government's plan of setting up an elite Special Brigade Force (SFB) is laudable. The elite force, according to the president, will be charged with stemming "challenges of new threats in the environment and thereby aligning our armed forces greater citizen protection and national defence." This is especially commendable as a scheme against future threats internally and externally to Nigeria's sovereignty by any militant group.
The spate of killings and maiming across the north in the past three years and to some degree, the inadequacy highlighted in the armed forces' response to the fundamentalists' brazen assault on the security system may have forced the government's hand to dream up this elite unit. So desirable is any such Force that its inauguration should be done without delay.
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