Kabiru Adamu, CEO Beacon Security and Intelligence LTD, warns that, Nigeria recorded fewer security-related deaths in recent months, but the country is far from achieving stability.
Adamu in an interview with ARISE NEWS on Monday, Presented findings from the firm’s August 2025 security report, highlighting both progress and ongoing challenges.
“We recorded about 1,200 deaths in May. In June, it was about 1,100, in July about 800, and then this recent one, just 700,” he said. “Now, that’s still high. But when you compare it with that 1,200 we recorded in May, it’s clear that something positive is being done.”
He attributed the decline to “improved energy within the security sector. “Some of them is improved energy within the security sector. Within the military, we saw an enhancement of the air component and the ground component. And most likely, an improvement in intelligence gathering. So the attacks were precise. They were intelligence-led. And the consequence was the killing of a significant number of non-state armed group commanders, as well as terrorist commanders in the Northeast. So clearly, indicating improved energy as well as enhanced intelligence.”
Ademoh also noted efforts across other agencies, “The police was doing a lot. Customs was doing a lot. NDLEA was doing a lot. So what we’ve been preaching, that enhanced energy, we also saw it. And interestingly, too, at the sub-national level, we saw governors also trying to do a lot. A good example, we saw Ogun State trying to do that. So that enhancement between the federal and the state-level security component, well, we saw an improvement in that regard.”
Still, he warned against complacency. “I would like to sit on this chair and tell you only 100 people were killed in a particular month. Then we’ll be making more progress. And hopefully we’ll get to the point where even 100 will be shocking to us. Because now, we are numb, unfortunately.”
Ademoh stressed that military strength alone cannot end Nigeria’s insecurity. “The root causes of these challenges will have to be addressed.”
Pointing to economic hardship, premature political campaigning, environmental pressures such as land disputes, and regional instability, particularly in Niger. “In today’s world, we’ve move, to what is called smart power. How do we combine these two to maximise the outcome?”
On the trend of local peace deals, Adamh referenced Brinyangwari in Kaduna State, where residents reached a truce with bandits that has held for 11 months. While acknowledging its short-term success, he cautioned, “That peace deal does not affect neighbouring Niger or Katsina State. The likelihood of those bandits leaving Brinyangwari and going to neighbouring states to carry out attacks is high.”
He urged the federal government to develop a national framework for such agreements. “It’s embarrassing to me that we’re where we are. But that’s the reality. It needs to be guided in some form of framework,” saying . “Their weaponry must be demobilised, a pathway for economic growth must be provided, and we need to evaluate their mindset. Someone who has shot, held guns and killed hundreds of people is not normal. And we need to bring them back.”
Erizia Rubyjeana
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