June 2, 2026
Former Chief of Army Staff and ex-Ambassador to Benin Republic, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai (rtd), has stated that Nigerian security agencies possess the technological capacity to track down bandits and kidnappers operating openly across the country.
Buratai, speaking during an interview on TVC on Monday, said he found it hard to believe that security agencies are unable to locate criminal groups who publicize their activities on social media.
He questioned why authorities can locate ordinary citizens or social media influencers but not the criminals who share videos and communicate from their hideouts.
“I don’t think they failed to locate. If they can locate ordinary citizens or social media influencers, I don’t believe they can locate these bandits that flaunt their loot or whatever activities they do,” he said.
