The National Security Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, revealed measures being considered to thwart terrorist activities, including a nationwide ban on motorcycles and mining to cut off their sources of funding.
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who briefed briefed State House Correspondents along side his Interior and Police Affairs counterparts, Rauf Aregbesola and Mohammed Dingyadi, respectively, at the end of the meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said the decision to focus on the logistics used by the terrorists was deliberate.
According to him, the ban will include motorcycles used for movement and mining, which provides them the money to fund their arms supply.
Malami went on to say that the federal government is now looking into ways to stymie their actions by blocking the already identified sources.
He noted that terrorists have shifted from traditional methods of funding to mining and ransom taking, necessitating government action.
Also speaking, the Minister of Interior confirmed that significant efforts were made to gather intelligence prior to the recent attack on the Kuje Correctional Center, but expressed regret that there was a lack of will to act on it.
Aregbesola, who said the preliminary investigation on the attack had been submitted to the President, assured that all those who are found to have shrieked their responsibilities at the end of the ongoing investigation, would be punished.
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