Nigeria must deploy intelligence to combat terrorism, banditry – ICPC

Nigeria must deploy intelligence to combat terrorism, banditry – ICPC

[html]Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says Nigeria must deploy intelligence to be able to combat terrorism, banditry and kidnapping.
   
   
   
       
       
           
               
                   

Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says Nigeria must deploy intelligence to be able to combat terrorism, banditry and kidnapping.

               
           
               
                   

He gave the advice when he received the students of Basic Intelligence Officers’ Course 12/2019 of the Defence Intelligence College, who visited the commission in Abuja on Monday.

               
           
               
                   

Owasanoye, who was represented by a member of the commission, Justice Adamu Bello (retd), said that intelligence should also be deployed in the war against corruption.

               
           
               
                   

He, therefore, urged the students to deploy acquired knowledge in helping to solve the problems that had arisen from security challenges in the country.

               
           
               
                   

“We as a nation have had our fair share of terrorism, banditry and lately, the upsurge in kidnapping, kidnapping for ransom.

               
           
               
                   

“However, you must note that those challenges are further aggravated by endemic corruption that is ravaging our nation.

               
           
               
                   

“Hence, you must be at the forefront of eradicating corruption if we desire a nation