Regional Security Outfits and Tribal Fireworks
Kingsley Nwezeh delves into the growing list of regional security outfits in the Southern part of the country, the rationale behind their emergence and the implications for Nigeria’s corporate existence With the birth of the South-east Regional Security Outfit, Ebube Agu (the fearsome aura of a lion) by the South-east Governors’ Forum last week, the outfit joined the growing list of regional organisations, after their South-west counterparts launched Amotekun last year. The alternative security measures are largely a response to wanton killings, kidnappings and rape of married and young w...