The Young Progressives Party on Monday called on the Federal Government to identify, arrest and prosecute individuals and organisations financing terrorism, insisting that insecurity will persist unless the sponsors of violent groups are brought to justice.
The party also renewed its support for establishing state police, arguing that decentralised policing would strengthen local security responses and help tackle the country’s worsening security challenges.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, YPP National Chairman, Bishop Amakiri, faulted successive administrations for failing to effectively confront insecurity, saying the current government had not demonstrated sufficient political will to end terrorism and insurgency.
Amakiri lamented that the continuous rehabilitation and reintegration of repentant terrorists under Operation Safe Corridor, while victims continue to suffer in Internally Displaced Persons camps, have failed to inspire public confidence.
He also raised concerns that despite an estimated N25tn spent on defence and security over the past decade, the huge
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