The much-anticipated regional coordination through the Southwest Development Commission is yet to take off, so criminal networks cross state lines faster than intelligence and enforcement do. Individual responses by states in the belt are fragmented and pathetically inadequate. There are vast semi-governed corridors around the Old Oyo National Park which sit on precious metals and are attracting miners of all shapes. As we have seen elsewhere, banditry is a handmaiden of mining in some parts of Nigeria.
Decapitators on the prowl!, By Wole Olaoye
