Banditry: Ex-EFCC Chair Seeks Safety For Women, Children

A former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Farida Waziri, has decried the spate of insecurity in
the country which she said had left women and children as
scapegoats and victims of criminality.

According to Waziri, Nigeria must be made safe for women and
children to grow and flourish, while opportunities must be provided
for them to fulfil their dreams without any hindrance.

She wondered why insurgents, bandits and kidnappers in Nigeria
continued to feast on the most vulnerable and innocent in the
society as their soft targets.

Waziri, a retired assistant inspector general of police, stated
these in a statement to commemorate International Womens Day,
barely few hours after gunmen suspect ted to be bandits a bducted
an unspecified number of female students of Federal College of
Forestry Mechanisation in the Mando Igabi Local Government Area of
Kaduna State.

She said, “Nigeria must be made safe for our women and children
to grow and flourish. Opportunities must be made abundant for them
to fulfil their dreams without any hindrance. This is how our
society can develop like other great nations of the world.

“It is against human feelings and nature to continue to make our
women and little children targets of kidnapping, rape and other
forms of violence in this age and time. This shows the bestial
nature of these criminal elements and I find their modus operandi
appalling.

“All over the world, women and children are often protected by
parties in situations of violence; unfortunately, in Nigeria, they
are the targets and the worst hit. Women are by their nature caring
and compassionate. It is unfathomable for women to wear military
uniforms and go to kidnap their own children for reasons ranging
from political, financial greed, hate and more. These are things
women can never do.”

A former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Farida Waziri, has decried the spate of insecurity in
the country which she said had left women and children as
scapegoats and victims of criminality.

According to Waziri, Nigeria must be made safe for women and
children to grow and flourish, while opportunities must be provided
for them to fulfil their dreams without any hindrance.

She wondered why insurgents, bandits and kidnappers in Nigeria
continued to feast on the most vulnerable and innocent in the
society as their soft targets.

Waziri, a retired assistant inspector general of police, stated
these in a statement to commemorate International Womens Day,
barely few hours after gunmen suspect ted to be bandits a bducted
an unspecified number of female students of Federal College of
Forestry Mechanisation in the Mando Igabi Local Government Area of
Kaduna State.

She said, “Nigeria must be made safe for our women and children
to grow and flourish. Opportunities must be made abundant for them
to fulfil their dreams without any hindrance. This is how our
society can develop like other great nations of the world.

“It is against human feelings and nature to continue to make our
women and little children targets of kidnapping, rape and other
forms of violence in this age and time. This shows the bestial
nature of these criminal elements and I find their modus operandi
appalling.

“All over the world, women and children are often protected by
parties in situations of violence; unfortunately, in Nigeria, they
are the targets and the worst hit. Women are by their nature caring
and compassionate. It is unfathomable for women to wear military
uniforms and go to kidnap their own children for reasons ranging
from political, financial greed, hate and more. These are things
women can never do.”