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Bombing won’t stop banditry, says Bishop Idowu-Fearon

Bombing won't stop banditry, says Bishop Idowu-Fearon

 

Bombing won't stop banditry, says Bishop Idowu-Fearon

United Kingdom-based Secretary-General of the Anglican Communion, Worldwide, and one-time Bishop of Anglican communion, Kaduna Archdiocese, Most Rev. Josiah Idowu-Fearon, has said that no amount of bombings of bandits by Air Force and Army could actually end insecurity in Nigeria.

Bishop Idowu-Fearon noted that the more the bandits are bombed, the more they are likely to multiply, adding that unless Nigerian leaders and the citizens come together to fight the bandits collectively, bombing will not solve the problem.

Speaking in a zoom press conference with some select journalists, in Kaduna, the Anglican communion Secretary-General, particularly, called on Northern States governors to pull resources together to fight bandits and find a lasting solution to insecurity in the region.

However, he said despite the high level of insecurity in the country, he has no choice but to return home in September 2022, when he would retire from the office of the Anglican communion, but added that he is qualified to be a British citizen haven spent six years in the United Kingdom.

“Banditry is not new in Africa, even in the Far East. I have been doing some studies on banditry in Algeria, Morocco, and Pakistan. We have a big problem at hand. This horrible thing is killing us in the northwest, in particular, and is moving out to other parts of the country; until we all come together and fight it, the daily bombing by the Air Force, the Army, and other task forces will not stop it,”

he said.

On insecurity, Bishop Idowu-Fearon said: “The governors in the North West must pull their resources together and see that they fight this insecurity together. North East and North Central should do the same.

“In terms of poverty, once we are able to address the problem of insecurity, we can face the challenges of poverty. There are no jobs, people cannot go to the farm. Look at all our big farms! Most of our farmers have abandoned their farms to bandits. Poverty can only be solved when there is security.”

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