There are indications that some governors political thugs who were engaged during elections in the country have transformed into bandits and kidnappers presently terrorising the country.
According to reports, some governors in the country who were bent on attaining political success during the last general elections recruited young boys into their network and armed them with sophisticated weapons to do their bidding during the poll, which includes targeting perceived political opponents and the snatching of ballot boxes during elections.
It was gathered that some governors had armed thugs for electoral purposes. After the elections, most of the thugs felt abandoned and consequently went away with the weapons in their possession and have therefore taken to kidnapping and other forms of criminalities to make ends meet.
A top security source, who preferred anonymity, stated that some governors have been making overtures to some of the thugs to return the weapons in their possession under an amnesty deal that has not been successful.
It would be recalled that there have been calls for the overhauling of the security architecture due to heightened insecurity.
