Communities Must Partner With Security Agencies To Eradicate Terrorism – Admiral Tanko Pani

The Commandant, Nigerian Navy School of Armament (NNSAT) Technology Kachia, Rear Admiral Tanko Pani, has said terrorism and other criminal activities can only prosper where communities allow it.

Tanko revealed this briefly after he got an award of excellence for combating criminal activities in Southern Kaduna and environs from a group, Kachia Patriots.

According to him, these criminals that wreak havoc in Nigeria are human beings like us who live in communities like everyone else.

He added that community members need to partner with the Nigerian Navy and other security agencies by providing credible information that would assist in apprehending the criminals.

His words, “If we cooperate with security agencies criminality will not thrive in our land,”

Mr Yusuf Usman, Secretary of the Kachia Patriots, added, “The present danger that has enslaved all of us is the issue of crimes and criminality which are mostly presented in the form of kidnappings, daylight robbery, reprisal attacks, cattle rustling and massive displacement of people during communal clashes.”

“Down here in Kachia Local Government Area, the story if not the same was much higher and catastrophic before the posting of Pani as the Commandant NNSAT Kachia.

“The criminals and their elements took Kachia axis hostage and compromised our daily livelihood and collective wellbeing.

“Initially, they were all acting in formations and consolidated splinter groups but with his appointment, he set his objectives, designed his strategies and defined his rules of engagement in clear terms.

“These modalities are based on mutual cooperation with Local Communities, large intelligence gathering, free access with his principal officers to report suspicious activities which are often responded with immediate and drastic actions.”