Insecurity: I’ll not show mercy – Tinubu warns terrorists, bandits, kidnappers
President Bola Tinubu has declared that his administration will show no mercy to those involved in terrorism, banditry and kidnapping across Nigeria.
The President made the statement on Friday while presenting the 2026 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly. He proposed a total budget of ₦58.46 trillion, with ₦15.25 trillion allocated to non-debt recurrent expenditure.
Tinubu also revealed that the government will adopt a new strategy in confronting terrorism, signalling a tougher and more decisive approach to addressing insecurity in the country.
He said: “We will show no mercy to all those who commit acts of terrorism, banditry and kidnapping. We will fundamentally change how we confront terrorism and violent crime.
“Bandits, militias, armed gangs, armed robbers, violent cults, forest-based armed groups and foreign-linked mercenaries will all be targeted.
“We will go after all those who perpetrate violence for political or sectarian ends, along with those who finance and facilitate their evil schemes.
”Let me be upfront with you, this is a reset, a very hard one. Avoiding abandoned projects, unpaid contractual obligations and running multiple budgets. So we are terminating the habit of running 3 budgets on one.
”This budget presents a defining moment and a national journey of reform and transformation, as over the last 2.5 years, my government has methodically confronted long-standing structural weaknesses to stabilise the economy, rebuild confidence.”
