SECURITY EXPERT BASHIR KURFI CALLS PEACE TALKS WITH BANDITS “TRAGEDY”, ALLEGES ARMED GROUPS CONTROL NEGOTIATIONS
A security analyst and Convener of the Katsina Security Community Initiative, who has served as consultants to Libyan Government under Col. Ghaddafi’s on alternative to world bank, Bashir Kurfi,, Bashir Kurfi, has criticised ongoing peace arrangements with armed groups in northern Nigeria, describing such agreements as tragedy and potentially dangerous to national security. Speaking on Tuesday during an interview on *Frontline*, a current affairs programme on Eagle 102.5 FM, Ilese-Ijebu, Ogun State, Kurfi questioned the structure and credibility of negotiations involving bandits, insisting that such processes often lack balance and proper safeguards. He argued that genuine peace processes require strict organisation, accountability, and a sincere commitment from all parties involved, drawing comparisons with conflict resolution models in other parts of Africa. He said: "Yeah, you see, they have these so-called peace agreements. But this peace agreement itself is a tragedy,...
