Kini ẹ máa ṣe láti dá ìṣẹ́ ṣiṣẹ́ sílẹ̀ fún àwọn akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ tó ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ parí ẹ̀kọ́ àti láti yanjú ìṣòro àìní ààbò ní Borno àti ní Àríwá Ìlà Oòrùn?

Q24: How will you prevent farmer-herder disputes from becoming ethnic or religious conflicts, and what role should federal, state and community authorities play in resolving them? Answer: My policy enforces strict rule of law by treating violent crimes as criminal acts regardless of ethnicity, assigning intelligence to federal agencies, operational policing to states, and early- warning dispute resolution to community authorities. Q25: Kidnapping, terrorism and armed attacks have affected communities in places such as Zamfara, Borno and other parts of Nigeria for years. What will you do differently to make these communities safe? Answer: I am advocating for constitutional restructuring to allow State and Local Community Policing, expanding security force recruitment, deploying advanced satellite/drone surveillance, and conducting intelligence-driven counter-insurgency operations.

Last night, I played host to political stakeholders from Borno State, led by Hon. Mohammed Kumaila. It is encouraging to see that more people, especially political leaders from across the country, are increasingly becoming concerned about the deteriorating state of the Nigerian nation to the extent of engaging in finding solutions, round the clock. The conversation with the Borno leaders centred more on the current worsening security situation, especially in Northern Nigeria. The consensus is that the occupation of Nigerian territories across some parts of North East, North West, and North Central states is a clear failure of political leadership, especially under the Tinubu-led APC Federal Government. It is unacceptable that bandits or terrorists continue to takeover communities, imposing levies on citizens and disrupting farming activities. I believe that with the right political leadership, Nigerian security forces have the capacity to take on the insecurity confronting the country. It has become urgent for citizens to unite and rescue Nigeria. I thanked the Borno stakeholders for their show of concern about the state of the nation and expressed readiness to support efforts aimed at restoring the peace and economic prosperity of the country. -AA

3. SECURITY The ADC will: 1. Operate a security framework across four coordinated levels: Security will be structured as an integrated system, with clear roles at each level to prevent threats, respond effectively, and protect Nigerians. Details: ● Local-level intelligence: Build community-based intelligence networks to detect and report threats early ● State-level prevention and deterrence: Enable states to play a stronger role in policing, rapid response, and conflict prevention ● National-level coordination and enforcement: Strengthen federal agencies to coordinate intelligence, enforce the law, and respond decisively to threats ● Regional-level collaboration: Work with neighbouring countries to address cross-border threats, including terrorism, trafficking, and organized crime 2. Designate banditry and kidnapping as acts of terrorism. Those who terrorize communities will face the full force of national security and counter-terrorism laws.

Details: Create dedicated courts with trained judges and strict timelines for handling terrorism and high-impact economic crimes 5. Reform National Security Architecture and Intelligence Coordination We will build a modern, coordinated, and intelligence-driven security system that is institutional, technology-enabled, and no longer dependent on personalities or fragmented structures. Details: ● Establish a statutory, rule-based national intelligence coordination system as the backbone of Nigeria's security architecture ● Reform the National Security Council, NSC, Act to create an Office of the Coordinator of National Intelligence, CNI, to serve as the NSC secretariat and lead intelligence coordination across all agencies ● Empower the CNI to integrate intelligence gathering, analysis, and response across military, security, and paramilitary institutions ● Institutionalize a Joint Terrorism Task Force bringing together security agencies, paramilitary, and the military under a unified coordination framework ● Deploy technology-driven systems for real-time intelligence sharing, early warning signals, and coordinated response ● Eliminate institutional rivalry and intelligence silos that weaken national security outcomes

My plan for you, Nigeria's young people, starts with this: you should not be asked to wait outside the room while your future is being decided inside it. It begins with jobs and enterprise. I know Nigeria has millions of young people with ideas, energy and ambition, but too many cannot get the capital to turn those ideas into businesses. I am determined to expand transparent access to finance for young entrepreneurs, artisans, farmers, technology founders and people working in the creative economy. Your surname, your political connections, or whether you can find a godfather, should not decide whether your idea gets a chance to succeed. As part of this, we will put in place a financing programme for start-ups and entrepreneurs, so that young Nigerians can move from dependence to enterprise, from unemployment to productivity

My plan to tackle insecurity covers every part of Nigeria, the North West included. I am committed to setting up Anti-Banditry and Kidnapping Special Units in every state command, made up of highly trained, mobile personnel, to strengthen the response to banditry and kidnapping. I also want to adopt a firehose principle for security coordination, driving continuous, high-volume coordination across jurisdictions so we get faster responses and stronger intelligence sharing. On top of this, bordering states will jointly plan operations, share intelligence in real time, and coordinate responses, and I will push for an independent Internal Affairs Agency to investigate misconduct within police and other security services. This is how we rescue your community from banditry, kidnapping, and cross-border crime.