Issues · Security
Boko Haram / ISWAP in the North-East, banditry across the North-West, IPOB-linked unrest in the South-East, farmer-herder conflict in the Middle Belt. As a Northern candidate, has positioned security as a personal commitment more than a policy framework.
In Abubakar's words“My government will defeat banditry, insurgency and kidnapping. The Nigerian state must reclaim its monopoly on violence.”
2023 ADC manifesto, Security chapter; My Covenant with Nigerians, 2022.
Policy position
State police rollout as the central security reform. Beef up local intelligence networks tied to traditional rulers + state security committees. Maintain federal-led counter-insurgency for cross-border ISWAP operations. Conditional cash transfers to ex-combatants for reintegration.
