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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Anthony Ehilebo, has lamented that some Nigerians have turned the insecurity in the country into a commercial venture.
Ehilebo noted that the inability of the Nigerian government to bring terrorists to account has continued to give rise to the insecurity situation across the country.
Speaking on News Central’s Politics HQ on Friday, Ehilebo said: “When Boko Haram kidnapped girls in Borno State, till today we have not found those responsible and held them to account. Buni Yadi happened and nobody was held to account, and it spread to other schools.
“There are multiple facets and there is one that is solely domiciled within terrorism and if you look at the literal translation of Boko Haram, it means western education is haram according to radical Islamic teachings.
“And now there is the commercial venture where you have even local indigenes are driven by economic factors, very recently an SSA of a particular state got herself kidnapped and arrested for trying to get her state government to pay ransom for her own self kidnap.
“It has now become an industry and a commercial venture for some and for some it has become literally a religious thinking process but the bottom line that has kept this is the consequence which is almost driven by political wills.”
Some Nigerians have turned insecurity into commercial venture – PDP chieftain
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