Security Council considers nationwide ban on motorcycles, others

The National Security Council on Thursday said it was considering a nationwide ban on motorcycles and mining activities in the country.

This will serve as part of its strategy to curb terrorist activities, checkmate loopholes and cut off their sources of funding.

This was the outcome of the meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja.

Addressing State House Correspondents after the meeting, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said investigations are still ongoing to establish the correlation between mining and motorcycles, which they suspect provide funding for the supply of arms to the terrorists.

Malami noted that terrorists had moved from the conventional ways of funding their activities to mining and ransom taking.

He disclosed the government was not unaware of the economic consequences of the proposed resolutions, particularly the motorcycle ban, but it has become imperative in order to guarantee the nation’s security.

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said despite the extensive intelligence gathered before the Kuje Prison attack, it succeeded because “there was no will to act.”

Aregbesola said Buhari had received a report on the preliminary investigation of the Kuje attack and officers who have been found to renege on their responsibilities would be punished.
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