As I write this piece, Zamfara (North West) is under security spotlight as deadly armed bandits unleashed attacks on innocent citizens in Magami village, Faru District of Maradun local government area. The Zamfara incident does not come as a surprise because it is a place where years of building unrest have claimed thousands of lives and driven whole communities into destitution. Like all previous attacks in the North East which is the main theatre of operation in Nigeria, the Federal Government immediately ordered the deployment of additional military troops to the state. The effectiveness of this routine response from the FGN which has been the practice since 2009 needs to be re-examined. We need to ask ourselves relevant questions; Have we made progress with this tradition of deployment of the military? The efforts of our military in all of these (counter-terrorism) is no doubt commendable, but is it actually addressing the problem or complicating it?
We must appreciate the fact…
