The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights and the Police Community Relations Committee have called for a comprehensive, whole-of-society approach to tackling terrorism, banditry and insecurity in Northern Nigeria.
They insisted that military and security operations alone cannot resolve the country’s complex security challenges.
The call was made at the Northern Nigeria Strategic Conference on Human Rights and Counterterrorism in Abuja on Tuesday.
Speaking at the conference, National President of the CDHR, Yinka Folarin, said the persistent threat of terrorism required a coordinated response that goes beyond conventional security measures, stressing that social, economic and ideological factors driving insecurity must also be addressed.
He said defeating terrorism and violent extremism would require stronger collaboration among governments, security and intelligence agencies, civil society organisations, traditional and religious institutions, development partners, the private sector and local communities.
