20th December 2025, NewsOrient, Law And Society, Governance And Development, News

Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has disclosed plans of his government to threat bandits, violent cult groups, kidnappers, foreign-linked mercenaries and other armed non-state actors “as terrorists under a new security framework.”

Tinubu said this on Friday when he presented the budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year to a joint session of the National Assembly.

He told the federal lawmakers that his government “will now go after enablers and not just perpetrators of crimes.”

According to him, under this new architecture, any armed group or gun-wielding non-state actors operating outside state authority will now be regarded as terrorists.

His words: “Bandits, militias, armed gangs, armed robbers, violent cults, forest-based armed groups, and foreign-linked mercenaries will all be targeted.

“We will go after all those who perpetrate violence for political or sectarian ends, along with those who finance and facilitate their evil schemes.”

“We will usher in a new era of criminal justice. We will show no mercy to those who commit or support acts of terrorism, banditry, kidnapping for ransom, and other violent crimes,” Tinubu said.

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President Tinubu added: “To secure our country, our priority will remain on increasing the fighting capability of our armed forces and other security agencies and boosting the effectiveness of our fighting forces with cutting-edge equipment and other hardware.”

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