{"id":124313,"date":"2025-12-09T16:46:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=124313"},"modified":"2025-12-09T16:46:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:46:28","slug":"insecurity-apprehending-bandits-difficult-apc-tells-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/insecurity-apprehending-bandits-difficult-apc-tells-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity: Apprehending bandits difficult, APC tells Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Myke Agunwa, Abuja<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, has appealed to Nigerians to \u201cbe patient\u201d with the Tinubu administration over the persistent wave of mass kidnappings, arguing that it is \u201cnot easy\u201d for troops to capture bandits and terrorists who retreat deep into forests after attacks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Recall that over the past few days, the country has witnessed an exacerbated spate of insecurity, including the kidnapping of over 200 schoolchildren in Kaduna and Niger states and the seizure of dozens of travellers along major highways.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But the APC spokesperson Tuesday morning on Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief, made the claim while responded to mounting public outrage over the abduction of schoolchildren, women and travellers across the North-West and North-Central regions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI am not a law enforcement person, but I imagine that when people who commit these crimes withdraw into the tents of the forests, it\u2019s not easy for the army to simply capture them,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He cautioned against \u201ccommenting too much\u201d on ongoing security operations, explaining that arrests and interrogations \u201ctake time\u201d and are not always immediately publicised.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cEven common criminals sometimes take days, if not weeks, to get results. 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