Nigeria: Withdrawal of Troops From States

10 January 2020

NIGERIANS have been reacting with mixed feelings over the Federal Government's recent decision to withdraw the military from the various theatres of operation around the country.

Following the advent of Boko Haram Islamic terrorism in the North East, activities of militants in the Niger Delta, upsurge of violent crimes such as kidnapping, cultism, herdsmen terrorism, banditry and cattle rustling in the North West, the Federal Government deployed the military to tackle them.

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