
Nigeria’s military crackdown puts squeeze on bandit gangs
Nigeria has launched military campaigns against bandits in the northwest before and even sought amnesty deals to coax them to abandon hideouts deep in the region’s vast forests.
Nigeria has launched military campaigns against bandits in the northwest before and even sought amnesty deals to coax them to abandon hideouts deep in the region’s vast forests.
A classic bandit extortion strategy is to set homes and grain stores on fire to intimidate individuals into paying up.