{"id":84127,"date":"2021-07-28T18:12:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T17:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=84127"},"modified":"2021-07-28T18:12:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T17:12:29","slug":"insecurity-nigerians-at-bandits-terrorists-mercy-under-buharis-watch-uk-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/insecurity-nigerians-at-bandits-terrorists-mercy-under-buharis-watch-uk-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity: Nigerians at bandits, terrorists\u2019 mercy under Buhari\u2019s watch \u2013 UK Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The UK Parliament has said that Nigerians under President Muhammadu Buhari administration are at the mercy of non-state actors who unleash attacks on individuals and communities at will.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nMembers of the House of Lords, the upper chamber of the parliament; Caroline Cox, Rowan Williams, David Alton, Mervyn Thomas and Ayo Adedoyin; expressed their fears in a protest letter to Dominic Raab, UK foreign secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the shooting down of the Nigerian Air Force fighter jet by bandits, they expressed worry that the country was now under the control of non-state actors unleashing terror at will, particularly in the North-East and North-West.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn intense gunfire from bandits caused an aircraft returning to base from a mission on the Zamfara-Kaduna border to crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fear that Nigerian citizens are now at the mercy of non-state actors who have been allowed to evolve and now have the capacity to shoot down a fighter jet, as has recently occurred in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese non-state actors are currently unleashing terror at will, particularly in the North-East and North-West,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State had raised an alarm over the displacement of many residents by the insurgents around Munya and Shiroro, adding that the terrorists placed their flag in Kauri.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Parliament has said that Nigerians under President Muhammadu Buhari administration are at the mercy of non-state actors who unleash attacks on individuals and communities at will. 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