Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a state of national emergency over a string of brutal attacks and kidnappings, including mass abductions of schoolchildren.
“My fellow Nigerians, this is a national emergency, and we are responding by deploying more boots on the ground, especially in security-challenged areas,” Tinubu said , announcing plans to recruit another 20,000 police officers and deploy “forest guards” to lawless rural areas. Nigeria currently has about 30,000 police.
“Although I had previously approved the nationwide upgrade of police training facilities, the police authorities are, by this statement, authorized to…
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