The highly reputed Global and International Terrorism Research/Analysis group that speciallizes in collating data on terrorists’ activities worldwide, Jihad Analytics, has revealed that Nigeria is the second most attacked and terrorized country in the world with only Iraq being the first and Syria being the third.
The revelation was made in its half year report spanning January to June 2022. It was stated in the report that while Iraq recorded 337 terrorists’ attacks, Nigeria recorded 305 attacks with Syria coming third following142 terrorist’s attack’s.
The Jihad Analytics which employs global and cyber open-source intelligence and data also noted that the Boko Haram/ISWAP Terrorist group was mostly responsible for the attacks.
The report negated erroneous claims by Nigerian government officials that terrorists have been decimated and degraded with terrorism also allegedly checkmated to the barest minimum.
Theliberationnews reliably gathered that recently daring attacks by terrorist groups including damning attacks on a Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, the Train attack on Kaduna-Abuja rail line, and the disgraceful attack on Kuje Medium Security Correctional Centre, Abuja leading to freeing of 66 Boko Haram Commanders amongst other condemnable avoidable inhuman terror inflictions have made right thinking members of the public to query such laughable claims.
The daring terrorists also attacked troops of the Presidential Guards Brigade both at Dutse and Zuma Rock in Abuja leading to the death of some military personnel.
Theliberationnews captures the feelings of security stakeholders that are not at ease with the ease with which the terrorists are having a field day in unleashing of mayhem on the populace. The stakeholders expressed concerns about Nigeria’s ranking on the terrorism attack list recalling that in its efforts to tackle insecurity in the country since assumption to office in 2015, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration had spent not less than N11 trillions in security budgets for all security agencies
The security agencies with yearly and increased budgetary allocations include Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Police Affairs, Office of the National Security Adviser and the Police Service Commission.
Aside the yearly allocation, President Muhammadu Buhari on April 4, 2018, approved a special intervention fund of $1bn for military equipment for the purchase of aircraft and other eqipment
A breakdown of yearly allocation to the security agencies showed that in 2015 a total of N626.39billion was allocated, in 2016, it rose to N978.72billion, in 2017 it rose to N1.12trillionn, in 2018 it rose to N1.26trillion, in 2019, it rose to N1.33trillion, in 2020, it rose to N1.71trillion, while in 2021 it rose to N1.87trillion.
The proposed allocation for 2022 which has been submitted to the National Assembly is N2.27trillion, which is an inrease of 262.39 per cent from the 2015 allocation.
