“If Every Household in a Village Has Someone Who Can Handle an AK-47, Bandits Will Not Attack” – Ndume
Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, has advocated community-based policing and firearms training as part of efforts to tackle banditry and insecurity in rural Nigeria. According to a Trust TV interview aired on Friday, June 26, 2026, Ndume argued that bandits continue to attack villages because residents are largely defenceless. He said security discussions…