Who Is Really Protecting the Bandits in the North?
Professor Usman Yusuf has openly opposed Defence Minister General Christopher Musa’s push to crush banditry in northern Nigeria. His message is blunt and controversial.
He rejects any military campaign against Fulani bandits, warning that force will fail. According to him, the Defence Minister should remember he is now a political appointee, not a battlefield commander, and must “listen to the people.”
Yusuf insists the answer is not bùllets or large scale operations, but dialogue and nonvi0lent engagement. He argues that military raids and vigilante groups like Yan Banga have only deepened the damage.
He claims personal involvement in forest-level talks with bandit leaders and says what the state calls bandits are, in his view, freedom fighters reacting to long-standing grievances.
At a time when communities are bur!ed under kidn+ppings and mass kpai, the question many Nigerians are asking is unavoidable.
Why does the call for forceful action always meet elite resistance, and who truly benefits from endless negotiations?
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