The Federal Government has officially designated kidnappers and violent armed groups as terrorists.
The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this at the end-of-year press briefing in Abuja today December 22.
“Henceforth, any armed group or individual that kidnaps our children, attacks our farmers, and terrorises our communities is officially classified and will be dealt with as a terrorist. Now, the era of ambiguous nomenclature is over. If you terrorize our people, whether you are a group or you are an individual, you are a terrorist and will be classified as such. There is no name hiding under this again,” the minister said
He added that the policy would strengthen intelligence sharing and operational coordination across security agencies, allowing for faster and more decisive action.
Idris also announced the deployment of trained and equipped forest guards to rural areas, stating that these personnel will combine surveillance, local intelligence, and rapid-response capabilities to secure forests and remote locations often used as hideouts by criminal groups.
Watch a video of him speaking below
