Browsing: Yobe State

In a press statement released by his media office in Abuja on Wednesday, Atiku said he was gladdened by the return of the girls and expressed joy that some families who had been heartbroken will now have the tears wiped from their faces, as will other Nigerians who were distressed by the kidnappings. 

Remote sensing has been used for centuries to maintain advantage over the enemy by having the knowledge of deployment of strategic targets. For military operation, remote sensing data is essential for strategic planning, deployment, monitoring, targeting and threat assessment. The Defence Space Administration in Nigeria has to be properly funded for research into cost effective technology for proper coverage of the cyberspace. The reality of this time, rather in times past is that preventing security lapse is more important than redeeming it. The role of the National Intelligence Agency and Defence Space Administration has been too lateral to give a picture of a holistic approach to the multifarious security challenges facing the nation.

The explanation does not just add up because the more the state government tries to point its fingers elsewhere, the more the rest of the four fingers are asking it to do a little bit of self-examination. By saying the abduction occurred because the military withdrew troops from the area is like playing a broken record, which sends out some fuzzy sound but fails to strike a rhythm.