Insecurity: •Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (Rtd) *Buratai Challenges Security Agencies: “If You Can Trace Cybercriminals, You Can Locate Bandits Who Flaunt Ransom Online”* Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (Rtd), has questioned why Nigerian security agencies struggle to locate bandits while they can quickly track ordinary citizens and social media influencers. Speaking during an appearance on TVC, Buratai addressed public anger over the impunity of criminal gangs who openly flaunt ransom money and victims’ families’ payments on social media. He rejected the idea that these groups are untraceable, arguing that the same intelligence and tracking capabilities used to apprehend civil offenders should be applied to bandits. When asked about the constant frustration Nigerians feel over bandits posting their loot online while security agencies show “lack of capacity to trace them in their hideouts,” Buratai responded: > “I don’t think they fail to locate. If they can ...