From Brainstorming To Breaking Point

On Saturday, 18 October 2026, a brainstorming session on coping with banditry convened in Sokoto under the joint auspices of the Sokoto Advancement Forum and the Centre for Peace Studies at Usmanu Danfodiyo University. The occasion was significant on its own terms: a civil society forum and a university putting together a serious, non-partisan platform to interrogate a crisis that has consumed the North-West for years. What gave the session its particular weight was the presence, in representation, of the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu. His representative, Director of Legal Services in the Office of the NSA, delivered an address that merits close attention. Not only because ...