Enenche urges FG to identify, prosecute sponsors of terrorism

A erstwhile Director of Defence Media Operations astatine Defence Headquarters, Major General John Enenche (retd.), has called connected the Federal Government to place and prosecute sponsors of coercion and kidnapping successful the country.

Enenche said information agencies indispensable spell beyond arresting suspected attackers by tracking the individuals and networks that supply them with quality and different forms of support.

He spoke connected Arise Television portion commenting connected the information concern successful the state and a caller subject airstrike that reportedly killed much than 40 Islamic State West Africa Province fighters, including a salient commander, successful Borno State.

The retired wide acknowledged the occurrence of the cognition but said isolated subject victories were insufficient to bring lasting peace.

He urged information agencies to usage quality to place those down violent activities and instrumentality enactment against them.

Enenche said quality agencies should place those sponsoring coercion and kidnapping, questioning wherefore the authorities had yet to enactment against them if their identities were already known.

He besides described ransom-taking arsenic an industry, calling for investigations into the networks that enactment kidnapping and ransom payments.

“Kidnap...