What will you do to make communities in places like Zamfara and Borno safe from kidnapping and terrorism?
I know what Zamfara and Borno have lived through, and I won't offer another statement after another attack. I'm pushing for constitutional restructuring so states and local communities can run their own policing, alongside expanding security force recruitment, deploying satellite and drone surveillance, and intelligence-driven counter-insurgency operations against bandits and terrorists. I'll also make kidnapping itself riskier and less profitable by disrupting ransom payments, laundering channels, and the networks that sustain it, so your community stops living in fear.
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p. 5 Introduction Atiku Abubakar: Answers to questions from the public 2026-10-02 ›
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.