Security By Disruption

By Mohammed Aliyu Matazu
There are moments when insecurity becomes too adaptive for routine responses. When violence is no longer sustained only by guns but by fuel, cash, mobility, informants, and hidden logistics, the government must also become adaptive. This is the context in which Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, has ordered the suspension of jerrycan fuel sales, the closure of Point-of-Sale centres, and the restriction of motorcycle movement in selected areas.
At first glance, the measures appear severe, even unusual. Jerrycans, POS kiosks and motorcycles are ordinary instruments of daily life. They support traders, farmers, transporters, rural households, and communit...