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![]() ![]() In different parts of Nigeria, banditry is used to describe different variants of outlawry. As this lamentable state metastasises, it may be worthwhile to reflect on banditry in Nigeria. In different parts of the North-West, from Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna to Tsafe in Zamfara, bandits are offered as the trope for an intolerable carnage, and the inexplicable haplessness of a Federal Government that doesn’t appear to care for much else in an election season. “Bandits” have emerged as the new bogeyman for insecurity in Nigeria, joining a long (and still growing list) that includes Boko Haram, cultists, herdsmen, kidnappers and militants. ![]()
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