Nigeria, Nov. 19 -- Yahuza Getso, a security and intelligence analyst, has claimed 99 per cent of all bandits operating across Nigeria's North-West and North-Central regions are Nigerians, and that security agencies are fully aware of the bandits' identities and locations.

The security expert made this known on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television's Morning Brief.

He said, "99.9% of the bandits operating in North-West and North-Central Nigeria are Nigerians. We know them, we know who they are, we know where they are. They are not in any hideout or any difficult terrain."

Getso's remark came following the unfortunate abduction of no fewer than 25 students from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Keb...